I first saw this cookbook in the Maryland Room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Initially, I was distracted by the many ads throughout the book for long-defunct Baltimore businesses. I photographed many of the ads and came home to realize I had not documented the recipes. When I made Hallie A. Shinnamon’s Christmas Cookie recipe from the book, I became intrigued by the realization of how many of the recipes belonged to former residents of the Waverly, Charles Village and Remington neighborhoods that I have lived in since 2007. I located these addresses using old censuses and city directories from around the time the book was published.
In my library, I have a facsimile reprint of the book that was made some time in the 1970s or 80s. A full scan of this cookbook is available on archive.org. The map below shows corresponding page numbers to locate the recipes. As always, I would love to hear from you if you find a recipe from your house!
Click here to go to the full version of the map.
Click here to view the “Lovely Lane Cook Book” on archive.org
