Chocolate History Collection
Dublin Core
Title
Chocolate History Collection
Subject
History of Food and Drink
Culinary pamphlets
Description
This collection contains individual images from publication and pamphlets in Special Collections and University Archives relating to the history of chocolate. These represented selected images from multiple different sources, digitized for use in an online exhibit. Sources and rights are noted at the item level.
Source
Images are from different sources. Information about the sources is available at the item level record.
Rights
A general rights statement for education use has been applied at the item level. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu).
Language
English
Identifier
ChocolateHistory
Rights Holder
Individual items may or may not be under copyright. Rights images created by the department are held by Special Collections and University Archives.
Collection Items
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Club page from the 1951 Bugle. The Cosmopolitan Club was a social group on campus for students from countries other than the United States of America.
Modern Red Velvet Cupcakes
This is an image of a red velvet cupcakes from a modern recipe from the cookbook "United cakes of America."
Hershey's Demon Cake
This is an image of a "Demon Cake" from the cookbook "Hershey's 1932 Cookbook."
Hershey's 1930s Chocolate Add
This is an image of a chocolate advertisement from the cover of a 1971 Hershey's cookbook titled "Hershey's 1934 Cookbook."
Hershey Chocolate Cake w/ Ch Frost
This is an image of a chocolate cake from the 1988 "Hershey's Chocolate Classics" pamphlet showing a chocolate cake base with chocolate frosting.
Walter Baker Devils Food Cake
This is an image of a Devils Food cake from the 1928 recipe pamphlet titled "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa."
Hershey's Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting
This is an image of a chocolate cake from the 1949 "Hershey's Recipes" pamphlet showing a white cake base with chocolate frosting.
Hershey's Chocolate Cake with White Frosting
This is an image of a chocolate cake from the 1949 "Hershey's Recipes" pamphlet showing a chocolate cake base with white frosting.
Baker Chocolate Production Diagram
This is an image of a diagram of the process Walter Baker uses to process coca beans into a variety of chocolate products from the General Foods and Walter Baker pamphlet "Chocolate Cookery."
General Foods Chocolate Cake with White Frosting
This is an image of a chocolate cake with white frosting from the General Foods and Walter Baker pamphlet "Chocolate Cookery."
Swans Down Devils Food Cake
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 "Home Baked Delicacies" from the Swans Down Cake flour company.
Baker's Chocolate Layer Cake
This is an image of a chocolate layer cake with a white cake base and chocolate frosting from a 1932 pamphlet from the Walter Baker & Co.
Hershey's Back Cover Health
This is an image of the back cover of the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey Recipe Book" advertising the health qualities of its chocolate products.
Hershey Factory Equipment 2
This is an image of the latest chocolate technology used in the Hershey Chocolate factory in 1930s Pennsylvannia from the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey Recipe Book".
Hershey Factory Equipment 1
This is an image of the latest chocolate technology used in the Hershey Chocolate factory in 1930s Pennsylvannia from the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey Recipe Book".
Hershey Chocolate Factory
This is an image of Hershey's Chocolate factory in Hershey, PA, and the surronding "Chocolate Town" from the recipe pamphlet "The Hershey Recipe Book."
Early Chocolate Cake with Hershey
This is an image for a chocolate cake recipe from an Hershey's pamphlet titled "9 Famous Recipes."
Hershey's Instant and Chocolate Flavored Syrup Add
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 Chocolate Flavored Syrup."
1949 Hershey's Products
This is an image of Hershey's products adversized in the 1949 pamphlet "Hershey's Recipes," featuring Hershey's breakfast cocoa, syrup, semi-sweet chocolate and "Dainties."
1930 Hershey's Products Page 2
This is an image of Hershey's sweet milk chocolate, chocolate syrup, and Sweet milk chocolate with almond bars from the pamphlet "The Hershey's Recipe Book."
1930 Hershey's Products Page 1
This is an image of Hershey's breakfast cocoa, Milk Chocolate Kisses, and baking chocolate products from the pamphlet "The Hershey's Recipe Book."
Roberts Cream of Chocolate of Pure Box
This is an image of the marketed breakfast cocoa product from the 1902 cookbook titled "One Hundred Dainty Desserts with Cream Chocolate of Pure."
Baker's Chocolate and Coconut Favorites Product Add
This image from the back of "Baker's Chocolate and Coconut Favorites" cookbook advertises the various products on the market, most notably new "Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips".
Baker's Premium No.1 Chocolate Bar
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 ther 1928 cookbook titles "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa".
"Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa" Cookbook Cover
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 ther 1928 cookbook titles "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa".
Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate Bar
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 ther 1928 cookbook titles "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa".
Baker's "Dot" Sweet Chocolate Bar
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 ther 1928 cookbook titles "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa".
Baker's Chocolate Breakfast Cocoa Box
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 ther 1928 cookbook titles "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa".
Cream of Chocolate Eglantine Recipe
This is a recipe from the 1902 cookbook titled "One Hundred Dainty Desserts with Cream Chocolate of Pure." This drink utizlied powdered chocolate in a medicinal beverage for hospital settings.
Collection Tree
- History of Food and Drink
- Chocolate History Collection