What's with the Cows?

Fritz Blank with the prize-winning Brown Swiss “first calf heifer,” Flo at Delaware Valley College. Photograph. Doylestown, PA, ca. 1961.
Fritz Blank with the prize-winning
Brown Swiss “first calf heifer,”
Flo at Delaware Valley College.
Photograph. Doylestown, PA, ca. 1961.

The library’s small herd of cows has been growing since Chef Fritz’s undergraduate days as a dairy farmer. Since then, cows have held a special place in the chef’s heart and form a continuing decorative motif throughout his library and home.

 

Papier-mache model of a cow.
Papier-mache model of a cow.
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A Chef and His Library
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Title of collection item
The Successful Stockman and Manual of Husbandry.
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Fig. 5 Anatomical Divisions
Date info
Springfield, MA: The King-Richardson Co., 1901.
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Gift of William Woys Weaver to Fritz Blank.
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Fig. 5 Anatomical Divisions from The Successful Stockman and Manual of Husbandry.
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Gardenier, Andrew A., (ed.).
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single page
Title of collection item
Petits Propos Culinaires.
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Cover
Date info
London: Prospect Books Ltd., 1996.
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Cover of Petits Propos Culinaires.
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single page
Title of collection item
Cattle Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication.
Leaf/page/opening info
Cover
Date info
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919.
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(USDA Farmers Bulletin 1057)
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Cover of Cattle Fever Ticks and Methods of Eradication.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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single page
Title of collection item
Foot and Mouth Disease.
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Cover
Date info
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915.
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(USDA Farmers Bulletin 666)
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Cover of foot and mouth disease
Author of collection item
Mahler, John R., U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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single page
Title of collection item
Hemorrhagic Septicemin Stockyard Fever, Swine Plague, Fowl Cholera, etc.
Leaf/page/opening info
Cover
Date info
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918.
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Cover of Hemorrhagic Septicemin Stockyard Fever, Swine Plague, Fowl Cholera, etc.
Author of collection item
Washburn, Henry J., U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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single page
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Moo!

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