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..... Read More about For Better Results Always Use Baker’s Flavors and Colors
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..... Read More about College Shopper and Smacker. Spring–1926
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..... Read More about Fun to Cook Book
Contract and bond between ship chandlers Darrah & Elwell of Philadelphia and the Inspector of the Fourth Light House District, Commander Geo. C. Reiter, U.S.N...... Read More about Form No. 102. U.S. Light-House Establishment. Proposal and Contract for Provisions. [Lighthouse...
Unrecorded homeopathic medical tract—whose title roughly translates as “Rules of Conduct during a Homeopathic Treatment.” It was written by Dr. Arthur Lutze (1813–1870), an important..... Read More about Verhaltungsregeln während einer Homöopathischen Kur [Rules of Conduct during a Homeopathic...
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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... Read More about Denver Fun Map [cover title
![Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton etc., Import/Export Trade with America:] Bremen 10, Dec. 1800. Craving...](/pictures/thumb/3726520_1.jpg?v=1534362400)
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... Read More about Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton etc., Import/Export Trade with America:] Bremen 10, Dec. 1800. Craving...
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..... Read More about “Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard,” or Canadian Cook Book
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..... Read More about Hedges & Butler Ltd. Wines & Spirits. Special List
![Iridor Candy Making Course [Six Publications in Original Box]. Iris F. Leonard, Dorit K. Weigert](/pictures/thumb/3726591_1.jpg?v=1534362418)
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..... Read More about Iridor Candy Making Course [Six Publications in Original Box
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Scarce Toronto imprint for this popular cocktails guide and published in the same year as the first American edition. OCLC and AMICUS both return no... Read More about Cocktails by “Jimmy” Late of Ciro’s London. [Canadian Edition
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C. 1910s menus from Madison, Wisconsin confectioners Boyd & Fichten. The menu includes soda fountain treats such as ice cream, sundaes, variously flavored sodas, lemonades... Read More about Boyd & Fichten. [Restaurant Menu
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..... Read More about 1811 Autograph Document Signed, Establishing a Tavern in Maurice River, Cumberland County, New...
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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..... Read More about 1743 Land Indenture Signed by Anthony Morris, Brewer and Mayor of Philadelphia
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..... Read More about “We are Going to Prescott’s to Buy Our Groceries” – Two Original Photographs
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... Read More about Exciting Fruit Gifts from Mission Pak in California
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..... Read More about Dining for Moderns with Menus and Recipes—The Why and When of Wining
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..... Read More about Vital Health Secrets of the Maya Indians
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Rum cocktail recipe booklet published by the Puerto Rico Distilling Company, makers of 86, 90, and 151 proof Ronrico brand rum. There are over 45... Read More about Cocktails:] Make’em with Ronrico! Best Rum Bar None
![R. Bolland & Sons Wedding Cakes [Trade Catalogs]. R. Bolland, Sons](/pictures/thumb/3727712_1.jpg?v=1536690621)
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..... Read More about R. Bolland & Sons Wedding Cakes [Trade Catalogs
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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..... Read More about Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....
![Washington, D.C.] Chinese Lantern Cafe. Native Style Menu. S J. Chan, Chinese Lantern Cafe](/pictures/thumb/3726696_1.jpg?v=1534362444)
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..... Read More about Washington, D.C.] Chinese Lantern Cafe. Native Style Menu
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..... Read More about For Sale, The Following Valuable Plantation or Farm Situated in Somerset County, Maryland…
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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..... Read More about Catalogue and Price List of the Snow Hill Nurseries Near Snow Hill, Md. [...] Worcester Co., Md
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... Read More about Official Recipe Book. What to Eat. How to Cook It
