History of Food & Drink Collection Rare Books & Publications

Manuale de Giardinieri

The manual, written in 1660 by Agostino Mandirola, is in Italian and it is split into three different sections. The sections are dedicated to teaching the audience how to cultivate, multiply, and conserve various types of plants. This work focuses on…

Roberts, Thorp & Co. Thirty-Fourth Annual Descriptive Circular

A circular produced by Roberts, Thorp & Co. advertising the products that the company produces. This circular primarily focusses on a product called the "vibrating invincible thresher".

The New Woman

An advertising pamphlet by Lydia Pinkham.

The Cow-Boy and Com-Cel-Sar

An advertising pamphlet for Charlie White-Moon's "Com-Cel-Sar," a cure-all medicine made of roots and herbs. The booklet contains advertisements and testimonials about the effectiveness of the product, as well as information about how it is…

W.H. Comstock Co. Alamanac - Indian Root Pills

An almanac by W.H. Comstock Co. advertising their "Indian Root Pills." The pills are said to be made of vegetables, and are advertised as a cure-all for a variety of illnesses, from "female complaints" to rheumatism to kidney disease.

Burdock Blood Bitters: Almanac and Key to Health

An almanac containing advertisements and testimonials for Burdock's Blood Bitters.

Advice to Mothers Concerning Diseases of Women and Children

A booklet containing instructions for mothers for caring for their children. The advice in the booklet is interspersed with advertisements and testimonials for various patent medicines.

Dr. O. Phelps Brown's Shakesperian Annual Almanac 1870

An almanac for the year 1870, part of a series of Shakespearian almanacs. This issue contains sections from Shakespeare's Seven Ages. The book contains the usual almanac information, along with quotations from Shakespeare and advertisements for…

You Are Lucky! Take This Home

An advertising pamphlet for "Dime Regulator" pills. The booklet contains illustrations relating to the storyline of "Billious Jones" and his ailments, which are cured by the Dime Regulators.

A Chicken Wedding

An advertising booklet depicting the storyline of a chicken wedding with advertisements dispersed throughout the story. The advertisements are for items such as instant louse killer and Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a.

Still More Secrets

An advertising pamphlet by Pabst Brewing, seemingly a sequel to the previous one, advertising a variety of tonics through stories and customer testimonials. Contains many illustrations.

Wizard Oil

An advertising pamphlet for "Wizard Oil," to be used for sunburns, stiff and sore muscles, bruises, fleas, mites, chiggers, ticks, and skin abrasians. The booklet also contains information on practical care for a variety of injuries, from sprained…

Untold Secrets

An advertising pamphlet by Pabst Brewing advertising a variety of tonics through stories and customer testimonials. Contains many illustrations.

Nutrition and Health with Twenty Suggested Lessons for Nutrition Classes

Food, Nutrition and Health

Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book

The Rumford Complete Cook Book

Food Products

Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-dish Dainties

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

Modern Priscilla Home Furnishing Book

Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics

Mrs. Caldwell's Cook Book: Containing 500 Economical Receipts with Complete Index

Home Economics in Education

Ida Bailey Allen's Modern Cook Book: 2500 Delicious Recipes; Formerly Published as Mrs. Allen on Cooking, Menus Service

Home Economics in the Door to Opportunity for Virginia Girls and Women

Drink mixer [activity card] / compliments of Nat M. Leff, boxing promoter . . .

A rare piece of Prohibition-era cocktailiana, presenting recipes for 72 concoctions listed alphabetically from Alexander to Woodstock, in a"slide rule format. This piece was distributed "compliments of Nat M. Leff, Boxing Promoter, boxers furnished…