2020-19-24_001.JPG

2020-19-24_002.JPG

2020-19-24_003.JPG

2020-19-24_004.JPG

2020-19-24_005.JPG

2020-19-24_006.JPG

2020-19-24_007.JPG

2020-19-24_008.JPG

2020-19-24_009.JPG

2020-19-24_010.JPG

2020-19-24_011.JPG

2020-19-24_012.JPG

2020-19-24_013.JPG

2020-19-24_014.JPG

2020-19-24_015.JPG

2020-19-24_016.JPG

2020-19-24_017.JPG

2020-19-24_018.JPG

2020-19-24_019.JPG

2020-19-24_020.JPG

2020-19-24_021.JPG

2020-19-24_022.JPG

2020-19-24_023.JPG

2020-19-24_024.JPG

2020-19-24_025.JPG

2020-19-24_026.JPG

2020-19-24_027.JPG

2020-19-24_028.JPG

2020-19-24_029.JPG

2020-19-24_030.JPG

2020-19-24_031.JPG

2020-19-24_032.JPG

2020-19-24_033.JPG

2020-19-24_034.JPG

2020-19-24_035.JPG

2020-19-24_036.JPG

2020-19-24_037.JPG

2020-19-24_038.JPG

2020-19-24_039.JPG

2020-19-24_040.JPG

2020-19-24_041.JPG

2020-19-24_042.JPG

2020-19-24_043.JPG

2020-19-24_044.JPG

2020-19-24_045.JPG

2020-19-24_046.JPG

2020-19-24_047.JPG

2020-19-24_048.JPG

2020-19-24_049.JPG

2020-19-24_050.JPG

2020-19-24_051.JPG

2020-19-24_052.JPG

2020-19-24_053.JPG

2020-19-24_054.JPG

2020-19-24_055.JPG

2020-19-24_056.JPG

2020-19-24_057.JPG

2020-19-24_058.JPG

2020-19-24_059.JPG

2020-19-24_060.JPG

2020-19-24_061.JPG

2020-19-24_062.JPG

2020-19-24_063.JPG

2020-19-24_064.JPG

2020-19-24_065.JPG

2020-19-24_066.JPG

2020-19-24_067.JPG

2020-19-24_068.JPG

2020-19-24_069.JPG

2020-19-24_070.JPG

2020-19-24_071.JPG

2020-19-24_072.JPG

2020-19-24_073.JPG

2020-19-24_074.JPG

2020-19-24_075.JPG

2020-19-24_076.JPG

2020-19-24_077.JPG

2020-19-24_078.JPG

2020-19-24_079.JPG

2020-19-24_080.JPG

2020-19-24_081.JPG

2020-19-24_082.JPG

2020-19-24_083.JPG

2020-19-24_084.JPG

2020-19-24_085.JPG

2020-19-24_086.JPG

2020-19-24_087.JPG

2020-19-24_088.JPG

2020-19-24_089.JPG

2020-19-24_090.JPG

2020-19-24_091.JPG

2020-19-24_092.JPG

2020-19-24_093.JPG

2020-19-24_094.JPG

2020-19-24_095.JPG

2020-19-24_096.JPG

2020-19-24_097.JPG

1 / 97

Recipes from San Jose's Adult Education Cooking Classes, 1935

by: Stucky, Ruth

Publication date: 1935

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Topics: Cookbooks, Nineteen thirties, Adult education, Scrapbooks, Home economics, Women, San Jose (Calif.)

Language: English

Soft-bound scrapbook covered in floral contact paper containing typed and handwritten recipes organized into type of food/meal. Front page contains a written dedication:

To the world's best cook,

To the world's best sport,

To the one who settled all the

dish pan arguments

Yes, this book is dedicated to Our Mother.

Second page reads, "Property of Ruth Stucky, 1114 E. 33rd Street, Oakland, California. A compilation of recipes used in the Cooking Classes of the Department of Adult Education, San Jose, California. March 25, 1935."

News clipping pasted on reverse from the San Jose Mercury Herald for May 19, 1938, titled "Domestic Service With a Diploma -- Housework A-B-C's," featuring an image of women engaged in household chores with caption: Housework in all its varied phases is taught to prospective domestic servants at the recently-established WPA household training 'school'. Top left, Rose Pusatero (left) and Dora Hernandez learn the technique of washing clothes. Top right, Adale Charleson [Adele Charlson], project supervisor, gives some cook-book hints to Marie Costa. Lower left, Thelma Rios (left) and Mary Gomes make a bed properly. Lower right, Miss Yerkes, northern California household demonstration project supervisor, samples the formal table service technique of Mary Mena.

This scrapbook was donated by the granddaughter of Adele Charlson. Charlson taught Home Economics and wrote a children's cookbook in the 1970s. It is part of History San Jose's Collection (Catalog ID 2020-19-24).