For Better Results Always Use Baker’s Flavors and Colors.
C.1910s–1920s counter top display advertisement piece for Baker’s Pure Extract Vanilla and Baker’s Color Paste for baking. The products were made and sold by the.....
Food and Drink
College Shopper and Smacker. Spring–1926.
Curious, rare, unrecorded. A cook book/shopping directory hybrid aimed at college women in the Boston–New York corridor. The cooking recipes, mostly for candies and desserts.....
Fun to Cook Book.
C.1955 Children’s cook book with easy, child-friendly recipes issued by the Carnation Company, cheerfully illustrated. While the company’s evaporated milk is not featured in every.....
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[Chicago; Judaica:] Hebrew Almanac for the Year 5674 - 1913 - 1914. [All Published?]
Unrecorded Hebrew almanac for the Jewish year 5674 which began in October 1913. The almanac was printed in Chicago, likely as an advertising vehicle, in...
![Denver Fun Map [cover title]. Entertainment Advertising Company.](/pictures/thumb/3727772_1.jpg?v=1544633425)
Denver Fun Map [cover title].
Exuberant 1950s promotional brochure for the restaurants, supper clubs, cocktail bars and night clubs of Denver, Colorado. A pictorial, stylized map of Denver indicates the...
![[Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton etc., Import/Export Trade with America:] Bremen 10, Dec. 1800. Craving...](/pictures/thumb/3726520_1.jpg?v=1534362400)
[Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton etc., Import/Export Trade with America:] Bremen 10, Dec. 1800. Craving Your Reference to our circular… [opening lines of circular letter with price list]
Signed 18th century circular letter and price list from Frederick and Everhard Delius, merchants of Bremen. The firm imported food goods and other commodities from...
“Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard,” or Canadian Cook Book.
Canadian cooking and home receipt book published by G.C. Briggs & Sons of Hamilton, Ontario, makers of “Briggs’ Original Electric Oil” patent medicine. The front.....
Hedges & Butler Ltd. Wines & Spirits. Special List.
C.1933 immediate-post-American Prohibition, British trade catalog with American ordering instruction sheet and “Export Price List” issued by Hedges and Butler, Ltd. of London, wine and.....
![Iridor Candy Making Course [Six Publications in Original Box]. Iris F. Leonard, Dorit K. Weigert.](/pictures/thumb/3726591_1.jpg?v=1534362418)
Iridor Candy Making Course [Six Publications in Original Box]
Bright, cheerful suite of candy-making instructional books —very period in design— geared toward women seeking to become candy-making entrepreneurs. The First title, Introduction to the.....
![Boyd & Fichten. [Restaurant Menu]. John L. Boyd, confectioners Jacob P. Fichten.](/pictures/thumb/3727553_1.jpg?v=1537547098)
Boyd & Fichten. [Restaurant Menu]
C. 1910s menus from Madison, Wisconsin confectioners Boyd & Fichten. The menu includes soda fountain treats such as ice cream, sundaes, variously flavored sodas, lemonades...
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[1793 for 1794 Almanac] Hutchins Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris…for the Year of Our Lord 1794…
The Anatomy of Man’s Body illustration defines areas controlling neck, breast, bowels, secrets, knees, arms, heart, reigns, thighs, legs. Within, Hugh Gaine advertises he will.....
1811 Autograph Document Signed, Establishing a Tavern in Maurice River, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
Twelve men attest with their autographs to the worthiness of the character of John Williams. Williams is a “suitable person to keep an Inn and.....
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[1743 Land Indenture Signed by Anthony Morris, Brewer and Mayor of Philadelphia].
Philadelphia land indenture signed by Anthony Morris (II) (1682–1763) of Philadelphia, here acting as “one of his Majesty’s Justices.” Proprietor of the Morris Brewery, Morris.....
[“We are Going to Prescott’s to Buy Our Groceries” – Two Original Photographs].
Two photographs depicting circus-like clown characters and an elaborately decorated wagon and horse each advertising L. C. Prescott’s grocery business. One photo shows an Uncle.....
Exciting Fruit Gifts from Mission Pak in California.
C.1952 Christmas catalog of fresh and candied California fruit and nuts from pioneering fruit sellers and marketers Mission Pak of Los Angeles. Founded in 1917...
Dining for Moderns with Menus and Recipes—The Why and When of Wining.
Recipes and menu suggestions from the Woman’s Exchange Restaurant, founded in New York City in 1919. The restaurant was an outgrowth of the Woman’s Exchange.....
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[Women at War:] Homemaker’s War Guide ... Victory Begins At Home. Do Your Part.
A remarkable Second World War war-effort poster with extraordinary design and excellent modernistic infographic delivery. The whole design matrix is almost that of a present-day...
Vital Health Secrets of the Maya Indians.
Health bulletin promoting the nutritional value of toasted pepitoria squash [pumpkin] seeds as a “wonderfood” eaten by the Hunzas Indians of Central America. The bulletin.....
![R. Bolland & Sons Wedding Cakes [Trade Catalogs]. R. Bolland, Sons.](/pictures/thumb/3727712_1.jpg?v=1536690621)
R. Bolland & Sons Wedding Cakes [Trade Catalogs].
C. 1890s trade catalog of wedding cakes issued by Chester, England restaurateurs, R. Bolland & Sons, “Historic Bride Cake Makers to the Royal Family.” Full-page.....
![[Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....](/pictures/thumb/3726630_1.jpg?v=1543421160)
[Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S. [sic] Navy ... Good Home Cooking…
An unusual imprint, and an unusual broadside, which serves as both menu and advertisement for Rodrigo Rey Doce’s restaurant, named “The Radio” and offering “Good.....
![[Washington, D.C.] Chinese Lantern Cafe. Native Style Menu. S J. Chan, Chinese Lantern Cafe.](/pictures/thumb/3726696_1.jpg?v=1534362444)
[Washington, D.C.] Chinese Lantern Cafe. Native Style Menu.
Interesting Chinese restaurant menu from Washington, D.C. offering “Native Style” or authentic Chinese cuisine to Americans. The restaurant’s proprietor, S.J. Chan hoped: ...to introduce Chinese.....
For Sale, The Following Valuable Plantation or Farm Situated in Somerset County, Maryland…
Unrecorded 1876 broadside issued by prominent Delaware peach farmer and Samuel Townsend (1812–1881) and his son Richard Townsend (1839–?) offering for sale “Peach Blossom” fruit.....
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Catalogue and Price List of the Snow Hill Nurseries Near Snow Hill, Md. [...] Worcester Co., Md.
Fruit tree nursery trade catalog with a focus on apples and peaches issued by Snow Hill Nurseries of Worcester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Beginning.....
Official Recipe Book. What to Eat. How to Cook It.
WWI-era cookbook issued in March 1918 by the State Council of Defense of Illinois. “This book of recipes was compiled for the Patriotic Food Show...
![[1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu]. The Copley-Plaza, Hotel.](/pictures/thumb/3727774_1.jpg?v=1542668615)
[1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu].
In outstanding condition, football-shaped program and menu issued for the Harvard-Princeton football game dinner held at Boston’s Copley-Plaza hotel on November 8, 1924. The dinner...