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This Universal bread maker was made in Britain, Connecticut in 1904. This type of bread maker was reputed to mix and knead bread dough in three minutes without the use of hands...

986.5.4

Prior to the advent of the Ottawa Dairy Company, milk wagons delivered milk to Ottawa residences in unsanitary open milk containers and old quart and tin measures...

992.9.1

In the mid to late 1800s, a common method used to preserve cabbage during the winter months was to make it into sauerkraut. First, the cabbage was shred...

988.1.10

Ekco prided itself on the safety and simplicity of its pressure cooker design. The company claimed that its pressure cookers prevented the common pressure cooking accidents of scalding hands and ruining ceilings, because only Ekco had the famous Magic Knob...

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