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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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  • Advertisements

    Food Processing...in Grandmother's Time

    • 1951

    Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company featuring a farm scene centered upon a woman stirring a large cauldron over a fire. The accompanying text details the use of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Sodium hydroxide, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
  • Advertisements

    Tie-in Sale. Tied Up with a Package

    • Advertisement for Metalam
    • 1964

    Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Flexible Packaging Sales division of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features chunks of raw beef and…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging
  • Advertisements

    Metalam Makes Your Meal Complete

    • 1963

    Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging
  • Advertisements

    The Secret's in the Sauce...The Protection's in the Package

    • Advertisement for Metalam
    • After 1957

    Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Packaging, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
  • Advertisements

    Wrap Yourself a Chunk of Cheese Business

    • Advertisement for Durafilm
    • After 1957

    Color print advertisement for Durafilm, transparent packaging manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features stacked blocks of…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging
  • Advertisements

    Smart Arithmetic: Dobeckmun

    • After 1957

    Color print advertisement for polyethylene film manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a package of Golden Grain…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Polyethylene, Chemical industry, Corporations, Packaging, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
  • Advertisements

    The Chemistry of Good Food

    • 1941

    Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman holding a bag of groceries. The accompanying text details various applications of Dow products to aid in the production of a wholesome and…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
  • Advertisements

    Dinner in December

    • 1944

    Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman in the kitchen holding a loaf of bread over a table with prepared foods. A man in winter attire stands at the kitchen door in the background. The…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Agricultural chemicals, Chemical industry, Housewives, Dow Chemical Company, Dinners and dining, Food--Preservation, Women in advertising, World War (1939-1945), Corporations
  • Advertisements

    Food...fit for an American

    • 1952-May-24

    Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman buying groceries at a checkout counter with a line of people behind her, including an African American man. The accompanying paragraph details…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Sodium hydroxide, Refrigerated foods, Agricultural chemicals, Grocery trade, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Food industry and trade--Sanitation, Food--Preservation, Women in advertising, Flavoring essences, African Americans, African American men, Corporations, African Americans in advertising
  • 6 items
    Records (Documents)

    The Significance of pH in Baking

    • Beckman Reprint R-6166
    • 1960-Oct

    The reprinted article, originally published in Bakers Digest, was written by employees of the Fleischmann Laboratories and featured photographs of Beckman pH meters.

    Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934…

    • Author Pomper, S., Maselli, J. A.
    • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hydrogen-ion concentration, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Baking
  • 15 items
    Photographs

    Arnold Beckman with others

    • Undated
    • 1953
    • 1955-Sep-15
    • 1957-Oct-11
    • 1961-Jan
    • 1982
    • 1987-Mar-23

    The photographs depict Arnold Beckman at a variety of meetings and events. Identified individuals include Arnold Beckman, P. Dodds, V. Rossetti, Robert T. Sheen, W. G. Brombacher, Taylor Fletcher, Jack Bishop, William…

    • Photographer Fontayne Studios, Frey Photos, Isaacs, Robert A., Wallace, Maurice R., Rothschild Photo
    • Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Ballhaus, William F., 1918-, Dinners and dining, Executives, Hewlett, William R., Award presentations, Portraits, Group, Meetings
  • 3 items
    Photographs

    Coulter Corporation 25th Anniversary

    • 1983

    The photographs show Wallace Coulter cutting a boat-shaped cake at a celebration of Coulter Corporation's anniversary.

    Wallace and Joseph Coulter founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter Counters, instruments…

    • Subject Anniversaries, Cameras, Cake, Executives
  • 3 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – South Africa

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985

    Identified individuals are (left to right in the photograph of four people) Tommy Williams (stores supervisor), Arthur Swartz (managing director), Dick Loubser (service manager), and April Dingane (office messenger).

    • Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • 2 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Scotland

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985

    Pictured individuals are Jim Hain (development engineer), Neil Sutherland (quality control technician), Maurice Cheeseman (EAMO director), and Alan Crose (fabrication manager).

    • Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • 3 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Scandinavia

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985

    Pictured individuals are Lars-Gunnar Sellman (product specialist), Tommy Lindgren (general manager), Bernt Granath (service engineer), and Ingalill Hansson (account assistant).

    • Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • 2 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Netherlands

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985

    Pictured individuals are Ingrid van der Meer (secretary), Frits van Marle (stockroom man), and Rob Duetz (workshop engineer).

    • Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • 4 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Mexico

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985

    Pictured individuals are Yolanda Macia (secretary to the general manager), Ignacio Higarda (commercial director) and Jesus Bohorquez (service engineer).

    • Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • 3 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Japan

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985
    • Subject Anniversaries, Beckman, Arnold O., Cake, Executives, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • 3 items
    Photographs

    Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Germany

    • Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
    • 1985

    The pictured employees are Klaus Feike (sales engineer), Volker Bock (product line specialist), Gertrude Heindl (secretary), and Lorenz Baumgartner (shipping supervisor).

    • Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Photographs

    Bureau of Chemistry Protein Investigation Laboratory

    • 1913 – before 1928

    General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Protein Investigation Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Protein…

    • 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 the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations into…

    • 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 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 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 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
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