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Cans of Calumet Baking Powder were used as props in the larder scenes of the 1980 film, The Shining. This detail is noted early in the 2012 documentary Room 237 , as the catalyst for Bill Blakemore's theory that the film is an allegory for the mass dying of Native Americans following European colonization.
Rumford Chemical Works. Engraving published in 1886 Manufactory of Rumford baking powder, ca.1910. Rumford Chemical Works was founded by Eben Horsford, who was the Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts at Harvard University, and entrepreneur George F. Wilson. In 1854, Wilson formed George F. Wilson & Co ...
A. Schilling & Company was an American foodstuffs company founded in San Francisco, California, in 1881, by German emigres August Schilling and George F. Volkmann. [1] [2] [3] They engaged in the processing of coffee, tea, baking powder, spices, extracts, and other unrelated products which they supplied to the grocery trade.
Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid. The base and acid are prevented from reacting prematurely by the inclusion of a buffer such as cornstarch. Baking powder is used to increase the volume and lighten the texture of baked goods.
There are two districts and 12 individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. Two individually listed properties are State Antiquities Landmarks including one along with five other properties that are designated Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. One district includes an additional Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Among these, either among individual properties or contained within districts, are two State Historic Sites, four State Antiquities Landmarks, and numerous Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025. [1]
Location of Gillespie County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Gillespie County, Texas. There are four districts and 17 individually listed properties ...
There are two districts and four individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. Three individually listed properties are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. Both districts contain several more Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks with one district also holding a State Historic Site and two State Antiquities Landmarks.