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Confused cook?: Amusing yet helpful apron sports imperial-to-metric conversion for size, volume and oven temperatures ? printed upside down for easy reading
Confused cook?: Amusing yet helpful apron sports imperial-to-metric conversion for size, volume and oven temperatures ? printed upside down for easy reading

Confused cook?: Amusing yet helpful apron sports imperial-to-metric conversion for size, volume and oven temperatures ? printed upside down for easy reading

Date11/19/1983
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  • Confused cook?: Amusing yet helpful apron sports imperial-to-metric conversion for size; volume and oven temperatures ? printed upside down for easy reading.
  • Confused cook?: Amusing yet helpful apron sports imperial-to-metric conversion for size, volume and oven temperatures ? printed upside down for easy reading
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Original Toronto Star caption: Confused cook?: Amusing yet helpful apron sports imperial-to-metric conversion for size; volume and oven temperatures ? printed upside down for easy reading.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009498F
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