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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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  • Photographs

    Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory

    • 1901 – before 1928

    General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Employees, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Food industry and trade, Glassware, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Bureau of Chemistry Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory

    • 1901 – before 1928

    General view of two employees working in the Bureau of Chemistry's Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oil, Fat, and…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Employees, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Oils and fats, Oils and fats--Research, Food industry and trade, Oils and fats--Analysis, Glassware, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory

    • 1901 – before 1928

    General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Employees, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Food industry and trade, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Bureau of Chemistry Water and Beverage Laboratory

    • After 1901 – 1928

    General view of an employee in the Bureau of Chemistry's Water and Beverage Laboratory conducting an analysis on an unidentified substance. Assorted sample jars and scientific apparatus are visible in the photograph.…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Water--Testing, Employees, Laboratories, Food industry and trade--Safety regulations, Beverage industry, Food industry and trade, Glassware, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory

    • 1901 – before 1928

    General view of two employees at work in a Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Employees, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Drugs, Food industry and trade, Glassware, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Polarimeter in Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory

    • 1913 – before 1928

    Close-up view of a polarimeter housed in a constant temperature dark room at the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Carbohydrates--Analysis, Polariscope, Laboratories, Sugar trade, Food industry and trade, Carbohydrates, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • 261 items
    Publications, Illustrated works

    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
  • Publications

    Percentage composition of foods

    • Part of The Science of Common Things; a Textbook of General Science
    • 1922

    Scientific diagram illustrates the percentage composition of foods including a pork chop, cod, egg, cream cheese, bean and bread. Illustrations are after the charts created by Charles Ford Langworthy of the United…

    • After Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932
    • Author Tower, Samuel Francis
    • Publisher D.C. Heath and Company
    • Subject Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching, Middle school education, Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932, Food--Composition, Education, Secondary, Textbooks, Science
  • Publications

    Percentage composition of foods

    • Part of The Science of Common Things; a Textbook of General Science
    • 1922

    Scientific diagram illustrates the percentage composition of foods including corn, potato, onion, apple, peanut butter and olive oil. Illustrations are after the charts created by Charles Ford Langworthy of the United…

    • After Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932
    • Author Tower, Samuel Francis
    • Publisher D.C. Heath and Company
    • Subject Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching, Middle school education, Langworthy, C. F. (Charles Ford), 1864-1932, Food--Composition, Education, Secondary, Textbooks, Science
  • Business correspondence

    Letter from Charles F. Chandler to Dr. Van Doren

    • 1922-Jun-27

    Concerns a patent claim by Mathilda (sic) Groll, for cultivating microorganisms in whey and mixing them with sugar.

    • Addressee Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950
    • Author Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925
    • Subject Sugar, Groll, Mathilde, Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925, Microorganisms, Whey
  • 4 items
    Ephemera, Pamphlets

    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
  • 28 items
    Publications

    Honey and Its Uses in the Home

    • 1915

    Informational pamphlet on honey includes a description of how honey is produced, its value as a food, the flavor of honey, its health benefits, its economy, household uses, and how it can be used in cooking. Contains…

    • Author Hunt, Caroline Louisa, 1865-1927, Atwater, Helen W
    • Publisher United States. Department of Agriculture
    • Subject Honey, Cooking, Hunt, Caroline Louisa, 1865-1927, Atwater, Helen W., Cookbooks, United States. Department of Agriculture, Recipes
  • 163 items
    Publications

    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
  • 52 items
    Publications, Ephemera

    The Rumford Cook Book

    • Circa 1910

    Produced by Rumford Chemical Works, manufacturers of baking powder, this cookbook features an illustration of the Rumford Chemical Works manufactory along with an illustration of the baking powder they produce on the…

    • Author Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915
    • Publisher Rumford Chemical Works
    • Subject Cooking, American, Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915, Bread, Biscuits, Cake, Desserts, Cooking (Fish), Rumford Chemical Works, Cookbooks, Manufacturing industries, Baking powder, Advertising--Baking powder, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, Baked products industry, Recipes
  • Publications

    The Influence of Various Manures on the Growth of Wheat

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Photographic reproduction depicts bundles of wheat grown on an experimental farm at Rothamsted, England with varying amounts of manure and chemical fertilizers. The first column shows the year 1878 with the second…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Creator Of Work Hall, A. D.
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Manures, Fertilizers, Agriculture, Wheat--Research
  • Publications

    Microscope photography of adulterated food

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "How the Microscope Reveals Adulteration," photographic reproduction depicts arrowroot adulterated with rice starch. Both under magnification, the left image illustrates rice starch with the right side showing…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Creator Of Work Bolton, Edward R.
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Food adulteration and inspection, Food adulteration and inspection--Study and teaching
  • Photographs, Portraits

    Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927)

    • 1904

    Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927). Along with Constantin Fahlberg, Remsen discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin in 1879.

    A native of New York City, Remsen received his M.D. from the Columbia University…

    • Manufacturer Art Photogravure Co. Ltd.
    • Subject Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927, Saccharin, Nonnutritive sweeteners, Chemists, Portraits, Johns Hopkins University, Chemicals, Chemistry--Study and teaching
  • 437 items
    Publications

    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
  • 2 items
    Advertisements, Ephemera

    Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract]

    • Claude Louis Berthollet visits Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at the Sorbonne in Paris
    • 1903

    Illustrated trade card depicts chemist Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) visiting Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) while Lavoisier was working in a lab at the Université de Paris or Sorbonne University. They…

    • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
    • Subject Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Université de Paris, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera
  • 2 items
    Advertisements, Ephemera

    Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with lion chase in Africa

    • 1903

    Entitled "Afrique. Chasse au Lion," illustrated trade card depicts hunters chasing a lion in the African wilderness. A hunter on horseback wears a turban and aims a gun at a lion that is standing upon another hunter.…

    • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
    • Subject Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera, Advertising cards, Advertising, Lion hunting, Africans in art, North Africans in art
  • 2 items
    Advertisements, Ephemera

    Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus

    • 1903

    Illustrated trade card depicts alchemist Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280) working in a lab with a vessel releasing steam. Also includes an inset bust of Magnus. Verso is an advertisement for Liebig's Extract of Meat along…

    • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
    • Subject Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera
  • 358 items
    Publications

    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…

    • Author Greenish, Henry G. (Henry George), 1855-1933
    • Publisher J. & A. Churchill
    • Printer Spottiswoode & Co.
    • Subject Drugs--Analysis, Drug adulteration, Food adulteration and inspection, Microscopy, Food--Analysis, Microscopy--Technique, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching
  • 2 items
    Advertisements, Ephemera

    Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with Justus von Liebig

    • 1903

    Illustrated trade card depicts the monument of Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) in Munich, Germany with an inset of Liebig working in the laboratory as well as a closeup of the statue's bust surrounded by a laurel wreath.…

    • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
    • Subject Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von, 1803-1873, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera, Advertising, Advertising cards
  • 2 items
    Advertisements, Ephemera

    Trade card for Cubes de Bouillon Oxo with August Wilhelm von Hofmann

    • 1903

    Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) at the inauguration of the School of Chemistry in London in 1846, of which Hofmann served as the first director. Men stand at a table…

    • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
    • Subject Hofmann, August Wilhelm von, 1818-1892, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera
  • 2 items
    Advertisements, Ephemera

    Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract] with Franz Karl Achard

    • 1903

    Illustrated trade card depicts German (Prussian) chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) walking through a sugar beet refinery, with view of workers illustrating various stages of the production…

    • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
    • Subject Achard, Franz Carl, 1753-1821, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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