![[Cookery] Tid Bit Receipts for Lunches, Breakfast and Teas. E T. Cowdrey Co.](/pictures/thumb/3726544_1.jpg?v=1531340945)
[Cookery] Tid Bit Receipts for Lunches, Breakfast and Teas.
A miniature cookbook that fits neatly into the palm of one’s hand and promotes the beloved sandwich. The front wrap, which serves as the title-leaf... Read More
Food and Drink
![New Seedling Strawberries, Durand’s Beauty ... Essex County, New Jersey [Illustrated Advertising Leaflet]. E W. Durand.](/pictures/thumb/3726706_1.jpg?v=1530631735)
New Seedling Strawberries, Durand’s Beauty ... Essex County, New Jersey [Illustrated Advertising Leaflet]
In lovely condition, a superb circa 1877 survival and advertisement documenting —in small, neat letterpress type— one New Jersey berry grower’s strategy to attract more... Read More
![[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]. Frederick and Everhard Delius, Fredk., Everhd. Delius.](/images/noimage-req.png)
[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... Read More
The Patent Express System applied to Clarifiers, Heaters, Triple-Effets & Vacuum Pans.
Trade catalog for an industrial sugar refining system sold by the German manufacturer Geo. Stade of Berlin. The bilingual, English and Spanish trade catalog describes... Read More
Iridor Candy Making Course [Six Publications in Original Box]
A bright, cheerful suite of candy-making instructional books, very period in design, geared toward women seeking to become candy-making entrepreneurs. (It’s a sweet deal.) The... Read More
![[1793 for 1794 Almanac] Hutchins Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris…for the Year of Our Lord 1794…. i. e. John Nathan Hutchins, Andrew Beers.](/pictures/thumb/3725802_1.jpg?v=1530631641)
[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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
No License. A Question to be Settled in the State of New York, 19th of May, 1846…
“Citizens of the State of Nfw [sic] York, Look at the Following. Will You Vote License?” On May 19, 1846, an important vote was to... Read More
1880 Autograph Letter Signed by Female Cookbook Author, Juliet Corson, Founder of the New York Cooking School and Pioneer in the Scientific Cookery Movement.
Letter from Juliet Corson (1841?–1897), founder of the New York Cooking School and pioneer in the scientific cookery movement. Writing from Syracuse, New York —across... Read More
[“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... Read More
1840s Collection: Business Diary etc. of Seedsmen and Commercial Vegetable and Fruit Growers and Sellers, the Rand Family of Boston.
Three handwritten notebooks from the 1840s document the seed, vegetable and fruit selling business of the Rand family as well as their personal lives. This... Read More
La Cuisiniere Five Roses. Comprenant 1001 Recettes Eprouvées et autorisées par l’emploi qu’en ont fait au delà de 2,000 ménagères canadiennes set ouvrage content en plus un très grand nombre d’observations utiles destinées à l’emploi de farine Five Roses dans les différents genres de mets, le tout vérifié et approuvé.
The rare first edition of an appealing period cookbook which was reprinted in modified form up until the 1950s. The front cover of this advertorial... Read More
![[Metamorphic Trade Card:] The Honeymoon. A Tale of Acorn Stoves. Sard & Co. Rathbone.](/pictures/thumb/3726531_1.jpg?v=1530631711)
[Metamorphic Trade Card:] The Honeymoon. A Tale of Acorn Stoves.
Metamorphic or moveable trade card using the tale of a newlywed couple to advertising “‘Acorn’ Stoves.” An illustration depicts chilly couple wearing heavy coats and... Read More
[Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S. [sic] Navy ... GoodHome 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... Read More
![[Washington, D.C.] Chinese Lantern Cafe. Native Style Menu. S J. Chan, Chinese Lantern Cafe.](/pictures/thumb/3726696_1.jpg?v=1530631732)
[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... Read More
![Catalogue and Price List of the Snow Hill Nurseries Near Snow Hill, Md. [...] Worcester Co., Md. W. M. Peters & Sons Snow Hill Nurseries.](/pictures/thumb/3726656_1.jpg?v=1530631724)
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... Read More
1903 South Omaha Live Stock Exchange Photograph—“The Second Market of the World.”
The Union Stockyards of South Omaha, Nebraska were founded in 1883 and soon became a rival to the great Chicago stockyard and meatpacking industry. This... Read More
Salesman’s Sample Album for Strietmann Bakery of Cincinnati, Ohio.
When you think of Strietman’s Bakery you should think of: Che-Zo Crackers, Pilgrim Cookies, Cocoanut Strips, Opera Crème Cookies, Animal Crackers, Honey Flavored Fig Bars... Read More
Fairy’s Pie [Shape Book].
Advertising booklet—a shape book in the form of a pie—for New England Mince Meat brand of pie filling manufactured by T.E. Dougherty of Chicago and... Read More
The Ladies Fair! The Fairest Fare! (Women’s Activities, Food, & George Washington)
Ante-bellum advertising broadside for a three-day philanthropic “Ladies Fair” in Muncy, Pennsylvania. The fair sold articles of clothing and other handicrafts made by women as... Read More
Sir, I beg leave to inform you that I have recently opened a Warehouse… [opening lines from 1812 printed circular with manuscript letter].
Printed circular letter explaining the expansion in 1812 of the business of Thomas Lacey who was manufacturing and dealing in gold and silver luxury goods... Read More
Delicious Coffee. The Patent New Process ... The Old Way of Roasting… Try Union Coffees…
Advertising handbill touting the quality and health benefits of roasted coffees from the Union Coffee Co. of New York. The Coffee roasted by the PATENT... Read More
![[Twelve Menu Cards, from 1923, Aboard the S.S. “Cedric” and S.S. “Baltic”.]. Various.](/pictures/thumb/3726721_1.jpg?v=1530631737)
[Twelve Menu Cards, from 1923, Aboard the S.S. “Cedric” and S.S. “Baltic”.]
These twelve menus show what would be served for breakfast and lunch aboard White Star ocean liners in the year 1923. Breakfast could range from... Read More
Gotham Life. The Official Metropolitan Guide.
Guide to New York City night-life and culture for the week before Christmas 1928. Includes a day-by-day guide to dances, luncheons, dinners, and other urban... Read More