Home-canned apple slices and fruit preserves in glass jars – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Home-canned apple slices and fruit preserves in glass jars. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Home-canned apple slices and fruit preserves in glass jars
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Apple slices and fruit preserves, packed in glass jars, are the focus here, rather than a commercial label or a brand name. Home canning was a routine part of household food storage in the early twentieth century, when cellars and pantries were stocked with jars put up after the harvest to last through winter. Glass jars with screw-top or wire-bail closures made it possible to seal fruit safely without refrigeration, and the rows of filled containers reflected a practical skill that many families depended on. Pictures like this one often appeared in cookbooks and home-economics materials, where they showed the finished results of preserving season's fruit.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,250 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2861739112_d43df06eb7_b Fruits of Canning |
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