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  • Subject is exactly "History of Food and Drink"
Chocolate_Hershey Factory001.jpg

This is an image of Hershey's Chocolate factory in Hershey, PA, and the surronding "Chocolate Town" from the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey Recipe…
Chocolate_Hershey Factiry Equipment001.jpg

This is an image of the latest chocolate technology used in the Hershey Chocolate factory in 1930s Pennsylvannia from the recipe pamphlet "The…
Chocolate_Hershey Factiry Equipment002.jpg

This is an image of the latest chocolate technology used in the Hershey Chocolate factory in 1930s Pennsylvannia from the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey…
Chocolate_Hershey Back Cover health001.jpg

This is an image of the back cover of the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey Recipe Book" advertising the health qualities of its chocolate products.
Chocolate_HersheyInstantCocoa001.jpg

This is an image an advertisement for two Hershey's products featured in a 1975 pamphlet titled "Family Favorites Madde with Hershey's Instant and…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2008-027_HertfordReceiptBook_FrontCover.jpg

The Hertford Receipt Book is a recipe book written in Hertford, England (a county town of Hertfordshire) from 1800 to 1833. The recipes were…
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…
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 Manual010.jpg

Pages from the Home Remedies Manual dealing with remedies for animals.
Ms2010-073_Home Remedies Manual003.jpg

The pages from the Home Remedies Manual dealing with remedies for the home.
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…
Ms2001-004_HertzlerAnn_I'veBeenWorkingPresentation.pdf

Virginia Tech/Cooperative Extension presentation
Ms2012_007_CooleyFlyer_001.jpg

Single-page advertising flyer for J. E. Cooley, merchant, New York, NY, dated 1863. Flyer lists prices for a wide range of grocery items, including…
Ms2013-028_B1F13_Jaundice Bitters_001.jpg

An advertisement for bitters used to treat jaundice, weakness of the stomach, and general debility
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…
TX715.H257_1914.pdf

208 pages
Ms2012-006_Lowenbach_PriceList.jpg

The collection consists of an advertisement from the Lowenbach Brothers liquor distributors in Alexandria, Virginia, c.1910s. The flyer includes…
Ms2011-088.pdf

The collection consists of one household and recipe book from Macon County, AL. A variety of writers left entries within the journal, most notably…
Ms2010_079_CookHusband_cover.jpg

The collection contains a single hand-made ribbon-bound manuscript entitled, A Novel Recipe “How to Cook a Husband.” The book’s recipe instructs…
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