This digital collection features a broad spectrum of materials related to the production, packaging, and marketing of food, including advertisements, printed ephemera, recipe books, and photographs. Subjects represented in the collection include food additives and adulteration, flavoring essences, and safety standards, as well as food-adjacent topics such as sugar, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and margarine.
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52 items
Rumford Fruit Recipes
- 1927
A cookbook containing fruit-based recipes for a variety of dishes including desserts, jams, cocktails, and baked goods. The work is published by the Rumford Company, a chemical manufacturer and producer of baking…
- Author Wallace, Lily Haxworth
- Publisher Rumford Company
- Subject Rumford Company, Recipes, Cookbooks, Cooking (Fruit), Fruit, Baking powder
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Excerpt of a letter from Charles F. Chandler
- Circa 1910
A letter excerpt, likely by Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) in which he posits that time spent extracting trace quantities of Arsenic from food coloring dyes is impractical as the proportion of Arsenic is too small to…
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2 items
Letter from the Badische Company to Charles F. Chandler
- 1911-Aug-08
A representative from the Badische Company sends Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a sample of "Jelly Red" dye and a sample of candy colored with it. They have enclosed a copy of a letter from Coca-Cola bottlers and…
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262 items
The Seven Food Colors
- 1907
Notebook in which Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) has pasted an assortment of government regulations and other items of interest related to food inspection and public health. Alongside these printed regulations are…
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12 items
Oral history interview with Konrad E. Bloch
- 1993-Mar-22
The interview begins with Konrad E. Bloch describing his childhood in Neisse, Germany, and his undergraduate education at Technische Hochschule in Munich. During a research assistantship in Davos, Switzerland, Bloch had…
- Interviewee Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Oxford, Biosynthesis, Biochemists, Human Genome Project, Cholesterol, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-, Columbia University, Nobel Prize winners, Cholesterol--Synthesis, Nutrition, Emigration and immigration
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174 items
Dyer's account book Volume 1
- After 1855-Nov-29 – before 1864-Nov-10
The first of two highly legible British dyer's account journals. The journal lists recipes and the costs for materials used in the process of dyeing many kinds of cloth, "gum china blue," "sumac," "peachwood," etc.…
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239 items
Dyer's account book Volume 2
- After 1855-Nov-29 – before 1864-Nov-10
The first of two highly legible British dyer's account journals. The journal lists recipes and the costs for materials used in the process of dyeing many kinds of cloth, "gum china blue," "sumac," "peachwood," etc.…
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4 items
The Techno-chemical Receipt Book
- Containing several thousand receipts, covering the latest, most important and most useful discoveries in chemical technology, and their practical application in the arts and the industries
- 1886
An extensive recipe book, principally derived from German technical literature, includes "an accurate and compendious collection of approved receipts and processes of practical application in the [chemical] industries…
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106 items
White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health
- Report of Follow-Up Conference
- 1971 (Imprint)
Final report of the White House Follow-up Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health held at Williamsburg, Virginia on February 5th, 1971. The original White House Conference took place in December of 1969.
The report…
- Contributor United States. White House Office, Ehrlichman, John, Richardson, Elliot L., 1920-1999, Hardin, Clifford M. (Clifford Morris), 1915-2010, Mayer, Jean, 1920-1993, Mcfarland, James P., Perry, Yvonne
- Subject Nutrition, Food supply, Food supply--Government policy, Food relief, Food relief--Government policy, Food relief--Law and legislation, Nutrition policy
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100 items
Die Mineralwasser - und Limonaden-Fabrikation
- The Mineral Water and Lemonade Production
- Circa 1890
Price lists and manufacturing information for mineral water and lemonade flavoring essences from the Erste Bremer Dampffabrik äth. Öle und Essenzen Schädlich & Jakob company, Bremen. Includes a description of each…
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136 items
Recipes for the Manufacture of Aerated & Mineral Waters and Non-Alcoholic Cordials
- 1897
Work containing a series of recipes for a variety of non-alcoholic beverages including aerated and mineral waters, dry fruit sodas, and non-excisable cordials using W. J. Bush & Co. brand flavors and syrups. W. J. Bush…
- Author Bush, William Ernest, 1861-1903
- Contributor W.J. Bush & Co
- Publisher Little & Son Printers
- Subject Mineral waters, Liqueurs, Flavoring essences, Brewing, Carbonated beverages, Flavor, Syrups (Carbonated beverages), Recipes
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261 items
The Manufacture of Confectionery
- Based Upon Jacoutot's Well Known Work "Chocolate & Confectionery Manufacture"
- 1923
A revised and extended version of the work, Chocolate & Confectionery Manufacture (1903) by August Jacoutot. Editor, Rober Whymper (1885-), sought to enhance the content of Jacoutot's original work to contain not only…
- Contributor Jacoutot, Auguste
- Editor Whymper, R. (Robert), 1885-
- Publisher Saint Catherine Press (London, England)
- Subject Confectionery, Candy industry, Jacoutot, Auguste, Food science, Flavor, Cooking (Chocolate), Chocolate
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163 items
Soda Fountain Beverages : A Practical Receipt Book for Druggists, Chemists, Confectioners, and Venders of Soda Water
- 1911
Volume containing "recipes to improve the taste and sanitary effects of drinks." This concise manual for vendors of soda water presents various methods of preparation for soda fountain beverages, syrups, fruit essences,…
- Editor Dubelle, G. H. (George H.)
- Publisher Spon & Chamberlain, E. & F.N. Spon
- Subject Carbonated beverages, Soda fountains, Flavoring essences, Recipes, Beverages
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Hand-crank Centrifuge, Babcock Milk Tester
- After 1900 – before 1950
A metal, hand-crank centrifuge with a three-pronged metal base. The base is painted a rusty red color and has been attached to a wooden board for stability. A long metal crank on the side of the base bends at a…
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81 items
Receipts from 1933-1937
- 1933 – 1937
Receipts belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) from 1933 -1937.
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Recipes
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19 items
Notebook containing an advertisement for The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical
- 1850
A notebook containing handwritten references to various recipes and uses for ingredients. The first page includes an advertisement for The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: Embracing Its Application…
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The Microscopical Examination of Foods and Drugs
- A practical introduction to the methods adopted in the microscopical examination of foods and drugs, in the entire, crushed and powdered states
- 1903
A textbook specifically devoted to the "practical instruction in the methods of examining vegetable foods, drugs, and their powders" written by Henry George Greenish, Professor of Pharmaceutics to the Pharmaceutical…
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354 items
Flesh Foods, with Methods for their Chemical, Microscopical, and Bacteriological Examination
- A practical hand-book for medical men, analysts, inspectors, and others
- 1900
Written by Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (1867-1948), a British chemist who specialized in the microscopic and chemical study of handwriting for forensic analysis, Flesh Foods summarizes the various contemporary…
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The Baker's Book [Volume II]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1903
The illustrated second volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked goods,…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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342 items
The Baker's Book [Volume I]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1901
The illustrated first volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking knowledge. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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4 items
A Selection of Choice Recipes
- How's That, Grandma?
- 1920
A colorful printed booklet containing six recipes using and advertising Rumford Baking Powder. The cover image features a girl and her grandmother baking in the kitchen. Inside, recipes include the Rumford Biscuit, Corn…
- Printer American Lithographic Company
- Publisher Rumford Chemical Works
- Subject Cookbooks, Rumford Company, Baking powder, Recipes, Advertising--Baking powder, Baking, Baked products industry, Cooking, American
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100 ft. Roll Wraps 100 Sandwiches Yet Sells at Wax Paper Prices!
- 1960
Color print advertisement for Handi Wrap, an economy plastic wrap specifically marketed for use in lunchboxes and for its ability to keep food fresher for longer periods of time relative to other plastic wraps. The…
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Plate IX: Nitrogenized and Sulphurized Principles of Food
- 1856
Color plate depicts the nitrogenized and sulphurized principles of food. The elements of nutrition, including their source and composition, are illustrated.
This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry…
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Plate VIII: Ternary or Non-Nitrogenized Principles of Food
- 1856
Color plate illustrates the ternary or non-nitrogenized principles of food. The source and composition of the elements of respiration and calorification are represented. Includes vegetable acids, sugars and starches as…
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Plate XIV: Various substances under magnification
- Part of The Microscope Made Easy
- 1743
As described on accompanying pages listed next to the illustrations, this plate illustrates various substances under magnification. Includes vinegar salts (figure I), salt after adding vinegar to crab eyes (figure II),…
- Author Baker, Henry, 1698-1774
- Publisher Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
- Engraver Wigley, J, Gravdot, H.
- Subject Baker, Henry, 1698-1774, Microscopy, Textbooks, Animalcules, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Vinegar, Saltpeter, Sugar, Ferrous sulfate, Salt springs, Saltpeter, Limestone
