The Wonder Book of Good Meals

The Wonder Book of Good Meals
Adopted for Conservation by
Dianne and Malcolm Niedner
In honor of Dr. Cheryl Ganz
on November 16, 2016
Cover of The Wonder book of good meals

The Wonder book of good meals

New York: Continental Baking Co., c1934.

"The only bread baked at the Chicago World's Fair."  Wonder Bakery was the first major company to adapt commerical bread slicers.  Imagine the "wonder" that was inspired when they exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair in 1934 just a few short years after the slicers were invented.  The exhibition baked, sliced, and packaged bread on the spot.  The Wonder book of good meals:  World's Fair Edition was given out as a keepsake/advertisement to fairgoers.  It includes recipes for every course, as well as defining "whitchery," the art of making sandwiches.  Incidentally, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has in its collections an early prototype of the same bread-slicer that was eventually used by Wonder in 1930. 

Condition and Treatment: 

This is an early 20th-century staple bound cookbook.  The staples have started to oxidize and the back cover has an area of loss.  Conservators will remove the staples and re-sew the textblock.  The cover will be repaired and the area of loss filled.  A custom enclosure will be created for this fragile item.

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Adoption Type: Preserve for the Future