1920s Cookbook - Mrs Wilson's New Cook Book by Betty Lyles Wilson - 1920 Edition, 4th Printing - Very Rare Antique Cookbook 33 Evidence of an artist-in-training can

Evidence of an artist-in-training can be seen in the slightly offset center medallion

The book starts out with a reminder to "always check with Mother" when she is throwing something away

Dorothy Rodgers (1909-1992) was the wife of  composer Richard Rodgers of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical duo

75" inches (width at widest section) x

Magically hankies transformed on the page into cloth skirts or hats or flower petals like in this greeting card featured here

1920s Cookbook - Mrs Wilson's New Cook Book by Betty Lyles Wilson - 1920 Edition, 4th Printing - Very Rare Antique Cookbook 33 Evidence of an artist-in-training canIn offering my recipes to the public I give unreservedly my highest and best knowledge of the art Betty Lyles Wilson {HISTORY} Most famous for her White House bound Presidential Fruit Cake, Betty Lyles Wilson (1859 1924) was a highly regarded figure of Southern cooking during the World War I years. A native of Nashville, Tennesse Betty, rose to fame for her presentations of cakes and sandwiches. After first developing an interest in baking as a young