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The Calumet Baking Book – 1931
The Calumet Baking Book – 1931
The Calumet Baking Book – 1931

The Calumet Baking Book – 1931

$ 5.25

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: This booklet is 90+ years old. The lower left corner of the front cover is missing and there are a couple of small scuffed areas on the back cover. Along the top left edge of the back cover there is discoloration in what was the white border.
  • Brand: Calumet
  • Date of Creation: 1931
  • Modified Item: No
  • Color: Multi-color
  • Type of Advertising: Recipe booklet

    Description

    This is The Calumet Baking Book, which was published in 1931. It contains 32 pages and measures approximately 5 x 7.75 inches. It contains numerous recipes and color illustrations to accompany some of them.
    Calumet Baking Powder Company was an American food company established in 1889 in Chicago by baking powder salesman William Monroe Wright. His newly formulated double-acting baking powder took its name from the French-derived, colonial-era word for a Native American ceremonial pipe, given to the lands now known as Calumet City, Illinois. Wright's company adopted a stylized Indian wearing a war bonnet as its trademark.
    In 1929, Wright sold the company to General Foods and Calumet Baking Powder became one of its many name brands. Wright, a fan of horse racing, would use his wealth to build what would become a world-renowned breeding and training operation in Lexington, Kentucky, which he named Calumet Farm. It was later run by his son, Warren Wright. General Foods merged with Kraft Foods in 1990.
    Cans of Calumet Baking Powder were used as props in the larder scenes of the 1980 film, The Shining.