Main entry:

Drepperd, Carl William, 1898-1956.

Title & Author:

Pioneer America : its first three centuries / Carl W. Drepperd.

Edition:

[First edition].

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949.

Description:

vi, 311 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Notes:
Who and what is a pioneer -- The homes of the pioneers -- Irons in the fire, or how they cooked, and what -- Guns, traps, snares, and hooks -- Tools, implements, and machines of agriculture -- Ornaments and elegancies -- Jewelry -- Machines and task-easing devices in the domestic and social scene -- Philosophical, mathematical, and scientific antiques -- Amusements, diversions, sports, and pleasures -- People, personalities, characters, and queers -- Toys -- Masterpieces by nobodies -- Relics of fire protection -- Signs of the times -- Pottery, china, and porcelain -- Tinware, pewter, Britannia, Sheffield, and silver -- Flowerpots, stands, and garden pieces -- Lighting, from betty lamp to electricity -- Education -- Quacks and cures -- Stoves and heating -- Pioneer furniture -- Woodenwares -- For the foibles and frills of man -- Buttons -- Transportation -- personal, private, and public -- Tools.
Also issued online.

Summary:

The pictures and accompanying text illustrate the shape of pioneer America - the things great and small which our pioneer ancestors used in their daily lives.

Subject:

Implements, utensils, etc.
Decorative arts United States.
Decorative arts.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis.
Manners and customs
United States Social life and customs.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes.
United States

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135662
Call No.: 7013; ID:86-B8653
Status: Available