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  • Subject is exactly "History of Food and Drink"
Ms2012_046_MyersBros_a.jpg

The Myers Bros. and Co. Trade Card shows a Confederate soldier swapping tobacco with a Union soldier in exchange for a bag of coffee.
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_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…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_Mellins_Anderson_a.jpg

Mellin's Food Company produced baby food, as well as nutritional foods for invalids. These represent a few of the Mellin's trade cards in the Culinary…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_LibbyMcNeill_AllsWell.jpg

This is a series of Shakespeare-inspired Libby, McNeill & Libby trade cards in the larger Culinary Ephemera Collection.
Ms2013-028_LawrencePrinting_a.jpg

J. F. Lawrence Printing Company (Chicago) prospectus
The J. F. Lawrence Printing Company operated at least from about 1890 until at least 1913. This…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_HorsfordBaking_a.jpg

These are a few of the Horford Baking & Phosphate trade cards in the larger Culinary Ephemera Collection.
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…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_Craighills_1897a.jpg

This trade card for a sarsaparilla compound, was produced by a company based in Lynchburg, Va.
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_ArmHammer_BeautifulBirds_38a.jpg

Arm & Hammer (part of Church & Driwght Co.) produced multiple series of trade cards in the early 20th century, including ones featuring birds,…
Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_EagleBrand_1885a.jpg

Some companies have a long history. Eagle Brand (now part of Borden, Inc.), was advertising condensed milk for a variety of uses at least as early as…
Chocolate_Red Velvet001.jpg

This is an image of a red velvet cupcakes from a modern recipe from the cookbook "United cakes of America."
RM216.J68_1915.pdf

529 pages
Acc2022_Manuscript Receipt Book_025.jpg

Pages from the Manuscript Receipt Book dealing with remedies for the home.
Acc2022.pdf

A handwritten receipt book containing handwritten receipts and pages from cookery booklets. The receipts range from cures for illness and maladies in…
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…
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…
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…
TX715.H257_1914.pdf

208 pages
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…
Ms2013-028_B1F13_Jaundice Bitters_001.jpg

An advertisement for bitters used to treat jaundice, weakness of the stomach, and general debility
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…
Ms2001-004_HertzlerAnn_I'veBeenWorkingPresentation.pdf

Virginia Tech/Cooperative Extension presentation
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