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  • Subject is exactly "History of Food and Drink"
Chocolate_BakerBreakCocoa001.jpg

This is an image of the container used to market Baker's Breakfast Cocoa featuring the iconic "Bella Chocolatiere," or chocolate lady." It comes from…
Ms2013-028_B1F13_Indian Root Pills_001.jpg

An advertisement for "Indian Root Pills" depicting a Native man on a horse. The medicine is described as "The great blood purifier."
Ms2013-075_VABrewingCo_0927_1909.jpg

The Virginia Brewing Company letter was written on September 27, 1909 by Louis A. Scholz, President of the company, and Henry Scholz, Secretary and…
Ms2013_060_TippettWilliam_1864_0317a.jpg

The collection consists of a single letter from Sgt William S. Tippett to his wife, Maggie. Written from a parole camp in Annapolis, Maryland, the…
Ms2013-028_B1F13_Jaundice Bitters_001.jpg

An advertisement for bitters used to treat jaundice, weakness of the stomach, and general debility
Ms2013-028_B1F13_Non Multum Sed Multa.pdf

An advertising pamphlet for Kola-Cardinette in the form of an illustrated story. The booklet also includes timelines relating to medical history.
Chocolate_Devils Foods Cake Swans Down.jpg

This is an image of a Devil's Food cake that is colored with a very red coloration andhas white frosting. It was taken from the recipe pamphlet titled…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_StoreyBunnell_1.jpg

These two trade cards were advertisements for Storey & Bunnell, who shipped oysters around the east coast of the United States in the early 20th…
Ms2013_028_GarfieldTea.jpg

Garfield Tea (Stillman Remedies Co.) table top advertisement, 1880s, likely c.1885?

At the earliest, this item probably dates to around 1885, four…
TX551.S64_1873.pdf

485 pages
Ms2013-028_Horsfords001.jpg

An advertising booklet for a patent medicine used to treat indigestion, nervousness, and physical and mental exhaustion. The back describes the…
sensationalFood copy.jpg

Poster includes nutrition information sheets for parents on the verso.
Ms2010-073_Home Remedies Manual019.jpg

A page from the Home Remedies Manual with a receipt for an "Old Indian cure" for ague.
Ms2010-073_Home Remedies Manual003.jpg

The pages from the Home Remedies Manual dealing with remedies for the home.
Ms2010-073_Home Remedies Manual010.jpg

Pages from the Home Remedies Manual dealing with remedies for animals.
Ms2010-073_Home Remedies Manual.pdf

A handwritten home remedy manual subsisting of pages sewn and bound to newspaper pages. The remedies range from cures for illness and maladies…
Ms2018_011_RuleJoseph_Letter_1864_1216a.jpg

Letter written by Joseph Rule from his camp at Petersburg, Virginia, December 15th, 1864 to his friend Silas. Letter details Rule's Company B, 50th…
TX551.R67_1916.pdf

449 pages
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_QuakerOats_Rockies_1893a.jpg

In the late 19th century, Quaker Oats produced a series of collectible trade cards featuring lithograph landscapes and scenes from America. These two…
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