Penny Powers' Four-Pack Recipe Books [Includes Oven Meals]

Home Services Section

Regina, 1950's

By Saskatchewan Power Corporation
$19.00 USD
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Details

Card covers, staple bound. B&W illustrations. Four small books.
Christmas: 16 pages, 8.5x5.5 in [21.5x14 cm].
Blender 23 pages, Oven Meals 47 pages, Top of The Range 47 pages: 9x5.75 in [23x13 cm].
Condition

Blender: covers rubbed, soiled, stained along bottom edges,age tanned along spine, moisture damaged back bottom edge.
Oven Meals: covers rubbed, corners bumped, and chipped, fore-edge soiled.
Top of The Range: covers rubbed, corners bumped, pen marks front cover, back cover scratched near spine. Moisture damage from back cover to page 29.
Christmas: corners bumped, small stain along spine.

Notes

In the 1950s, SaskPower created Penny Powers, a home economist character, to promote rural electrification in Saskatchewan. Portrayed by several women, Penny toured fairs and schools teaching rural families—especially women—about the safe and efficient use of new electrical appliances. Her demonstrations and cookbooks encouraged modern, electric living as part of SaskPower’s campaign to bring electricity to rural homes.

Cookbooks and pamphlets were also created and featured recipes, kitchen tips, and advice on using electric appliances in everyday life
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