Description

Crown Mills, Portland [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1917]. Paper covers (6 x 9.25"), staple bound, 23 pp. In acceptable+ condition with a few small nicks and tears and light creasing to edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Staple bound. Pages are unmarked with occasional spotting, aging and soiling. Crown Mills, a well-known flour mill in Portland, distributed cookbooks and recipe booklets to advertise its flour products. This booklet was released in at least three versions. This version is believed to have been printed prior to World War I. The inside of the front cover has the title "Crown Flour Unbleached - The Pure Food Flour" and starts with the words 'This is the 'pure food age.'" and goes on to claim that "Crown Flour is absolutely pure and wholesome because it is made under excellent sanitary conditions and because no artificial bleaching process is used to white the flour." Later editions of the booklet change this language to add "Crown Mills consider the bleaching of flour an unnecessary procedure and recommend the use of unbleached flour in order to get the full flavor and natural color in the finished loaf or cake." [CROWN MILLS HAER No. OR-184 WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA PHOTOGRAPHS HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD]