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- Collection: History of Food & Drink Collection Rare Books & Publications
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A Laboratory Handbook for Dietitics
156 pages
The Chemistry of Cookery
328 pages
Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
355 pages
Food Products
594 pages
Cook Book published by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Jeffersonton M. E. Church South
PDF of 1913 cook book. 79 pages.
A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen
Front and back cover pages only.
The Dietary Computer. Explanatory Pamphlet; the Pamphlet Containing Tables of Food Composition, Lists of Prices, Weights, and Measures, Selected Recipes for the Slips, Directions for Using the Same.
Selected pages from the book and supplement.
Drink mixer [activity card] / compliments of Nat M. Leff, boxing promoter . . .
A rare piece of Prohibition-era cocktailiana, presenting recipes for 72 concoctions listed alphabetically from Alexander to Woodstock, in a"slide rule format. This piece was distributed "compliments of Nat M. Leff, Boxing Promoter, boxers furnished…
Untold Secrets
An advertising pamphlet by Pabst Brewing advertising a variety of tonics through stories and customer testimonials. Contains many illustrations.
Wizard Oil
An advertising pamphlet for "Wizard Oil," to be used for sunburns, stiff and sore muscles, bruises, fleas, mites, chiggers, ticks, and skin abrasians. The booklet also contains information on practical care for a variety of injuries, from sprained…
Still More Secrets
An advertising pamphlet by Pabst Brewing, seemingly a sequel to the previous one, advertising a variety of tonics through stories and customer testimonials. Contains many illustrations.
A Chicken Wedding
An advertising booklet depicting the storyline of a chicken wedding with advertisements dispersed throughout the story. The advertisements are for items such as instant louse killer and Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a.
You Are Lucky! Take This Home
An advertising pamphlet for "Dime Regulator" pills. The booklet contains illustrations relating to the storyline of "Billious Jones" and his ailments, which are cured by the Dime Regulators.
Dr. O. Phelps Brown's Shakesperian Annual Almanac 1870
An almanac for the year 1870, part of a series of Shakespearian almanacs. This issue contains sections from Shakespeare's Seven Ages. The book contains the usual almanac information, along with quotations from Shakespeare and advertisements for…
Advice to Mothers Concerning Diseases of Women and Children
A booklet containing instructions for mothers for caring for their children. The advice in the booklet is interspersed with advertisements and testimonials for various patent medicines.
Burdock Blood Bitters: Almanac and Key to Health
An almanac containing advertisements and testimonials for Burdock's Blood Bitters.
W.H. Comstock Co. Alamanac - Indian Root Pills
An almanac by W.H. Comstock Co. advertising their "Indian Root Pills." The pills are said to be made of vegetables, and are advertised as a cure-all for a variety of illnesses, from "female complaints" to rheumatism to kidney disease.
The Cow-Boy and Com-Cel-Sar
An advertising pamphlet for Charlie White-Moon's "Com-Cel-Sar," a cure-all medicine made of roots and herbs. The booklet contains advertisements and testimonials about the effectiveness of the product, as well as information about how it is…
The New Woman
An advertising pamphlet by Lydia Pinkham.
Roberts, Thorp & Co. Thirty-Fourth Annual Descriptive Circular
A circular produced by Roberts, Thorp & Co. advertising the products that the company produces. This circular primarily focusses on a product called the "vibrating invincible thresher".
Manuale de Giardinieri
The manual, written in 1660 by Agostino Mandirola, is in Italian and it is split into three different sections. The sections are dedicated to teaching the audience how to cultivate, multiply, and conserve various types of plants. This work focuses on…