Gelatin and Gender Exhibit Collection

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Title

Gelatin and Gender Exhibit Collection

Subject

History of Food and Drink

Description

This collection includes scanned images and items used in a gelatin digital exhibit. It includes Jell-O and Charles B. Knox items, as well as secondary sources about gelatin history.

Language

English

Identifier

gge_

Collection Items

Image of Perfection Salad in "Knox Gelatine Desserts Salads Candies and Frozen Dishes
Image of the Knox recipe for Perfection salad within an extensive pamphlet containing 70 pages of recipes

Maxfield Parrish Jell-O advertisement on back cover of pamphlet
Illustration by Maxfield Parrish of a king and queen being served Jell-O in thrones captioned, "America's Most Famous Dessert." This illustration is the back cover of a pamphlet containing Jell-O recipes

Maxfield Parrish Jell-O advertisement on front cover of pamphlet
Illustration by Maxfield Parrish of a family enjoying Jell-O in their home, captioned, "prolly put the kettle on we'll all make Jell-O." This illustration is the front cover of a pamphlet containing Jell-O recipes

Instructions of use on the back cover of a Wolrd War II Ration Book
Instructions detailing how to use the ration stamps within the book, owned by Ernest B. Perry, a 20 year old farmer in West Swanzey, NH

Stamps from a Ration Book from World War II
Removeable ration stamps within a WWII ration book owned by Ernest B Perry, a 20 year old farmer in West Swanzey, NH

Cover of a Ration Book from World War II
Front cover of a WWII ration book owned by Ernest B Perry, a 20 year old farmer in West Swanzey, NH

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Corned Tongue in Aspic, a recipe on page 34 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Salad Dessert, a recipe on page 31 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Salmon Mold, a recipe on page 27 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Pineapple Sponge, a recipe on page 23 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Apple Salad, a recipe on page 19 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of individual Charlotte Russe, a recipe on page 15 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Strawberry Bavarian Cream, a recipe on page 11 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of a recipe within "Dainty Desserts For Dainty People"
Illustration of Prune Oriental Cream, a recipe on page 3 within Dainty Desserts For Dainty People, a pamphlet including low-calorie dessert options using Knox Gelatine

Illustration of the Knox High Protein Drink within "Knox Eat and Reduce Plan"
Page explaining how to make a Knox High-Protein Drink as a hot drink or a cold drink to curb hunger cravings. The pamphlet "Knox Eat and REduce Plan" provides other dietary strategies using Knox Gelatin

Art within "do you really want to lose weight?"
Cartoon illustrated by Don Herold depicting a slim, happy woman with the caption "Knox gelatine will give me a "stay-slim" assist for the rest of my life. The pamphlet is dedicated to providing ways to use Knox gelatin as a weight loss food.

Art within "do you really want to lose weight?"
Cartoon illustrated by Don Herold depicting a person leaning against a knox gelatin box captioned "Thank goodness for this Knox Gelatine to lean on". The pamphlet is dedicated to providing ways to use Knox gelatin as a weight loss food.

Cover of "Dont Let Butter rationing Scare You"
Pamphlet made during WWII rationing gives buyers ways to stretch their rationed butter using Knox Gelatin

Height, Weight and Age table within "Be Fit Not Fat"
This table provides a desired weight depending on your gender, age, and height. This chart was to help readers of "Be Fit Not Fat" create their goals and determine what they should be aiming for.

Cover of "Be Fit Not Fat"
This diet-focussed pamphlet contains recipes "with calories reduced from 1/3 to 2/3" and includes other weight loss tracking tips

Back cover of "The Scarecrow and the Tin Wood-Man"
This pamphlet, produced by L. Frank Baum, included a story featuring his characters from The Wizard of Oz. The storybook promoted Jell-O at the beginning and the end of the book, and was branded with the two characters carrying the Jell-O mold on the…

Page 13 within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet depicts Jell-O being enjoyed around the world. The illustration by Agnus MacDonald is captioned, "On The Praries"

Page 10 within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet depicts Jell-O being enjoyed around the world. The illustration by Agnus MacDonald is captioned, "In Dixie"

Page 8 within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet depicts Jell-O being enjoyed around the world. The illustration by Agnus MacDonald is captioned, "In the Mission Country"

Page 7 within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet depicts Jell-O being enjoyed around the world. The illustration by Agnus MacDonald is captioned, "Under Northern Lights"

Page 5 within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet depicts Jell-O being enjoyed around the world. The illustration by Agnus MacDonald is captioned, "Among The Redwoods"

Page 2 within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet depicts Jell-O being enjoyed around the world. The illustration by Agnus MacDonald is captioned, "In the Cattle Country"

Page within "Jell-O and The Kewpies"
This page, illustrated by Rose O'Niell, creator of Kewpies, shows the small, baby-like angels, working together to make strawberry Jell-O

Cover of "Jell-O Ice Cream Powder"
This cover begins a pamphlet introducing Jell-O Ice Cream Powder. The Jell-O girl, illustrated by Rose O'Niell, is depicted with rosy cheeks and innocent, clear eyes, presenting the new product on a plate.

Page within "The Jell-O Girl Entertains"
The page within this pamphlet shows the Jell-O girl surrounhded by angels readng a Jell-O book. The art is done by Rose O'Niell, and the caption is written in a way that can be easily understood by young children

Back cover of " A Week of Wonders with the Jell-O Family of desserts"
The cartoon on this back cover shows a clown gesturing to a sign reading "Meet the Jell-O family of desserts," and underneath listing all of the current Jell-O flavors as well as pudding flavors.

Cartoon on the botton of a page within the recipe book titled, "Jack and Mary's Jell-O Recipe Book"
This cartoon illustrates Radio show hosts Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone acting out a Jell-O related pun. This is one of many of the cartoons included within their recipe book which also includes creative ideas for Jell-O dishes

Insert within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert"
This loose insert is located in the middle of the pamphlet, "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert"and is advertising the jell-O ice cream powder. The pamphlet itself does not contain any recipes with Jell-O ice cream powder, but the advertising…

Page within "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert"
This page within the Jell-O pamphlet consists of six colorful images of desserts mentioned within the pamphlet's recipes. The desserts are aligned evenly on a tablecloth and are garnished with lettuce leaves and herbs.

Back cover of "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert"
The illustration captioned, "The House That Jell-O Built" depicts the Genesse Pure Food Company Factory encased in a rectangular Jell-O mold and placed on a serving platter. The pamphlet contains Jell-O preparation instructions from the Jell-O Girl…

Cover of "New Jell-O Recipes made with new flavor Lime"
This pamphlet illustrates a woman (shaded green) holding a green, lime-flavored Jell-O mold. The pamphlet was made to advertise the new Lime flavor and provide inpiration for what to make with it.

Coffee Jell-O advertisement inclusion in "They Wanted Jell-O"
The image of a coffee Jell-O mold introduces the new Jell-O flavor. The image is included within a pamphlet called, "They Wanted Jell-O", which depicts the Jell-O Girl making different recipes and providing Jell-O tricks.

Back cover of "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet cover art, created by artist Agnus MacDonald, depicts a grandfather and grandson sitting on a porch in New England with a plate of Jello surrounded by yellow trees. The entire pamphlet provides Jell-O recipes and more artistic…

Front Cover of "Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert, At Home Everywhere"
This pamphlet cover art, created by artist Agnus MacDonald, depicts a mountainside with a bear and cabin in the foreground, indicating that Jell-O can be enjoyed in the mountains. The entire pamphlet provides Jell-O recipes and more artistic…

Agnus MacDonald landscape Jell-O advertisement
This landscape drawing, created by artist Agnus MacDonald, depicts a child running across train tracks to retrieve a package of jello as a train approaches in the background. This art acts as the cover for an untitiled pamphlet containing jello…
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