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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.

Photographs

Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in an Agricultural Research Service 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, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Drugs, Food industry and trade, Glassware, Laboratories, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Agricultural Research Service
Photographs

Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the physical and…
- Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
- Subject Sugar, Carbohydrates--Analysis, Employees, Laboratories, Carbohydrates, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Glassware
Photographs

Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the physical and…
- Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
- Subject Sugar, Carbohydrates--Analysis, Employees, Laboratories, Food industry and trade, Carbohydrates, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Glassware
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
Photographs

Bureau of Chemistry Phytochemical Laboratory
- 1916 – before 1928
General view of an employee in the Bureau of Chemistry's Phytochemical Laboratory using a distillation apparatus to concentrate the odorous constituents of apples and peaches. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…
- Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
- Subject Flavor, Employees, Laboratories, Food industry and trade--Safety regulations, Flavoring essences, Flavoring essences industry, Food industry and trade, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, 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
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Photographs

Arnold O. Beckman with employees
- Circa 1940 – circa 1979
Though the photo set is identified as Beckman with "employees," some of the photographs depict ceremonies and visits to non-corporate locations, like CalTech. Some photographs are attributed, dated (1941, 1962, 1967),…
- Photographer Romaine-Skelton, McClanahan, James, Illig, Russell
- Subject Employees, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dinners and dining, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Photographs

Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Brea, California
- Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
- 1985
- Subject Anniversaries, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Advertisements

Now! Homogenized for Better Flavor!
- 1955
Color print advertisement for Durkee's Homogenized Margarine with emphasis on the new Stayfresh Foilpak packaging, specifically designed to protect the product's rich, natural flavor.
- Creator Of Work Glidden Company
- Subject Glidden Company, Margarine, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Durkee Famous Foods (Firm), Margarine--Marketing
Advertisements

The Smoothest Spread to Put on Bread
- 1948
Color print advertisement by the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers promoting the nutritive and economic value of margarine. The advertisement features several slices of bread, one spread with margarine,…
- Creator Of Work National Association of Margarine Manufacturers
- Subject Margarine--Marketing, Margarine, Advertising, Food industry and trade
Photographs

National Technical Laboratories banquet
- 1946
The head table at a banquet for an unidentified occasion. Mabel and Arnold Beckman are second and third from left, respectively.
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Dinners and dining, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Austria
- Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
- 1985
- Subject Anniversaries, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Canada
- Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
- 1985
- Subject Anniversaries, Cake, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

Beckman Instruments 50th Anniversary – Australia
- Part of Beckman Instruments 50th anniversary celebrations
- 1985
- Subject Anniversaries, Cake, Australia, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs

Unidentified social function
- Undated
From the Beckman Historical Collection, this unidentified photograph may have been taken at a company event at Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Photographer Rothschild Photo
- Subject Dinners and dining, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating the sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1969
Stamp depicts a sugar refinery along with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II in gold.
- Subject Sugar, Sugarcane industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-, Commemorative postage stamps, Sugar--Manufacture and refining, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps
Photographs

German food purity team visit to Beckman Instruments
- 1957-Nov-08
Arnold O. Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the right. The other people in this image are unidentified.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Food industry and trade--Safety measures, Globes, Food--Safety measures, Germany, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

Handi-Wrap Lunch Box Go-Together sale display
- 1964
Promotional display advertising a Lunch Box Go-Together sale featuring Dow Handi-Wrap. Several boxes of Handi-Wrap form the base of the display, which is topped with a lunch box and stack of assorted foodstuffs wrapped…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

Handi-Wrap Lunchbox Go-Togethers sale display
- 1964
Promotional display advertising a Lunchbox Go-Together sale featuring Dow Handi-Wrap. The display consists of a series of cards, arranged in a circular pattern, showcasing an assortment of foodstuffs available at a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
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
Advertisements

pH you can taste
- 1959
This advertisement focuses on pH meters' use in the food processing and packaging industry.

Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc., Charles Bowes Advertising, inc.
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Food industry and trade, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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
Advertisements

Improved oxygen control gives better product appearance and longer shelf life
- 1965
Advertisement for various Beckman oxygen analyzers used in the food packaging industry.

Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such…
- Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Food industry and trade--Safety measures

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