TIENTSIN HANDY BOOK - 1927 The favorite recipes of members of Tientsin Woman’s Club
Had it not been for Dana Robinson of Juno Beach, FL, who as a boy attended Tientsin American School, this marvellous treasure assembled by Tientsin Woman’s Club in 1927 would surely have vanished into oblivion. Though the ravages of time had defaced its cover, decayed its binding, yellowed its pages, and faded its print almost beyond recognition, Dana knew that it must still continue to hold considerable interest to anyone from Tientsin. So in 2003 he sent it to me, Desmond Power of West Vancouver, BC, Canada. On piecing together its contents, I felt I must try to save this rare gem from further decay. I obtained permission from Dana to scan it into my computer and enhance what I could of its faded pages, and if successful, print it out for anyone interested in Tientisn’s history. So here it is, in reasonable enough condition to read. The original is made up of 161 pages including 23 pages of advertisements. Since each page is comprised of a jpg image, I might be exceeding the maximum space allowed by my Blog or Scribd accounts if I put up the entire collection on the Internet. So I’ll be showing only a part of it. If any reader wants more, I’ll see what I can do. 1
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