THE MALLEABLE RANGE Advertising Brochure – 1907

THE MALLEABLE RANGE – 1907

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Mixed on in with collectible food company brochures and manufacturers of kitchen aids and appliances, insurance companies, cookware, and refrigerators. They too have some fantastic recipes and directions for concocting some fine, vintage dishes.

The Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company of South Bend, Indiana is one such company. This brochure measures 3.75” x 8.75” and contains 79 pages. Included along with directions for using the various ranges are

dozens of really good recipes. Estimated value is $25-$30.

(Malleable Range Co. – 1907)

Company Statement:             

 Kitchen Economy

Or, the Story of the Development of

THE MALLEABLE RANGE made in South Bend

“When we speak of kitchen economy we do not mean the false economy of buying poor material and cheap utensils to work with. The economy we believe in is the buying of the best.

“The most important part of a kitchen equipment is the range, for good material and a good cook availeth little if the range on which the cooking is done be poor.

“The story of the evolution of cooking devices is a very interesting one. If we go back far enough we could paint a picture of the fair sex of primitive days kneeling by a fire in the center of a cave, tent or wigwam, enveloped in a cloud of smoke, the fire having been kindled by the rubbing of sticks together.

“This takes us back to the days when man knew very little about iron and its highest development, that of steel. About the only use they made of iron in those days was to fashion implements to torture and to kill.

“From the fire of cross-sticks, the next step was the brazier, used by the Romans.

“About the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, 55 years before Christ, the Greek matron broiled her meats over an open fireplace. Then came the addition of the oven to the fireplace. This was a wonderful step in advance.

“Jumping many centuries from the date of the Christian Era, in the seventeenth century we find the old “Hathaway” with which the kitchens of many of the old Colonial homes were equipped.

“Passing rapidly over many years with their wonderful changes, we find the old Hathaway giving place to the cast iron stove.

“The twentieth century was just dawning when the highest development in cooking devices were reached, that of “The Malleable” Range made at South Bend, Indiana, which is made of a combination of malleable iron and steel.

“Few realize that this range is the crystalization of the growth and development of cooking devices of the ages, not only in relation to its mechanical construction, but also of the materials with which it is made.

“In the first place, malleable is the very highest grade of gray iron, which after casting is submitted to an annealing process. In this process the carbon, which makes cast iron so brittle, is burned out, all other impurities being eliminated. This process gives it great tensile strength. It can be doubled, stretched, hammered and twisted without breaking.

“Steel is also one of the highest products of iron. It was a happy combination when these two metals were brought together. The most important part of it, however, was the way in which they were brought together in the scientific construction of “The Malleable” Range, made at South Bend, Indiana.

“This is the very highest type of range made and sold in the world today.

“It costs a little more money than some other ranges on the market, but there is a reason for it. It should be of interest to every housewife to know of these reasons.”

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Tim

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