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[Binder of Recipe Handouts from a South St. Louis Grocery Store]
[Binder of Recipe Handouts from a South St. Louis Grocery Store]
A substantial binder of nearly 200 leaves of recipe material, mostly mimeographed weekly bulletins issued the Tom Boy local grocery chain of St. Louis during the mid-1970's. This all appears to have been compiled by a woman living in the city's far south side near the River Des Peres. Recipes, which are often cited as submissions by customers, emphasize ingredients available in-store and reflect the broadly European ethnic makeup of South City with generous mention of German and Italian dishes, special issues for Lent and Passover, and myriad ways of preparing the local working class staple: the pork steak.
Tom Boy was a prominent regional chain of independently owned grocery stores in St. Louis formed out of Krekeler Grocery wholesalers in the early-20th Century, first as a line of canned foods, then as a series of retail stores beginning in the 1930's and enduring until about 2000. These highly ephemeral bulletins seem to have been part of a short-lived "Hostess Counter" marketing initiative in stores from about 1973-1975 and we suspect few survive, particularly in any substantial quantity.
[Food and Drink] : [Missouriana]. [Binder of Recipe Handouts from a South St. Louis Grocery Store]. [St. Louis, Missouri]: (ca. 1973-1975). Commercial binder, approximately 11 1/2" x 10 1/2." Yellow vinyl over boards with black ink title decoration. Three ring binder assembly inside holding about 15 card leaves with a manuscript index followed by about 110 paper leaves with mimeograph type to rectos (and most versos) and another approximately 75 pieces (a blend of duplicated and manuscript) loose in a card pocket at rear. Mild handling wear to contents, occasional notes in ink. Overall good.
A substantial binder of nearly 200 leaves of recipe material, mostly mimeographed weekly bulletins issued the Tom Boy local grocery chain of St. Louis during the mid-1970's. This all appears to have been compiled by a woman living in the city's far south side near the River Des Peres. Recipes, which are often cited as submissions by customers, emphasize ingredients available in-store and reflect the broadly European ethnic makeup of South City with generous mention of German and Italian dishes, special issues for Lent and Passover, and myriad ways of preparing the local working class staple: the pork steak.
Tom Boy was a prominent regional chain of independently owned grocery stores in St. Louis formed out of Krekeler Grocery wholesalers in the early-20th Century, first as a line of canned foods, then as a series of retail stores beginning in the 1930's and enduring until about 2000. These highly ephemeral bulletins seem to have been part of a short-lived "Hostess Counter" marketing initiative in stores from about 1973-1975 and we suspect few survive, particularly in any substantial quantity.
[Food and Drink] : [Missouriana]. [Binder of Recipe Handouts from a South St. Louis Grocery Store]. [St. Louis, Missouri]: (ca. 1973-1975). Commercial binder, approximately 11 1/2" x 10 1/2." Yellow vinyl over boards with black ink title decoration. Three ring binder assembly inside holding about 15 card leaves with a manuscript index followed by about 110 paper leaves with mimeograph type to rectos (and most versos) and another approximately 75 pieces (a blend of duplicated and manuscript) loose in a card pocket at rear. Mild handling wear to contents, occasional notes in ink. Overall good.