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History of Food and Drink

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this heading for collections that relate to the History of Food and Drink Collection, the Peacock-Harper Collection, the Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbook and Nutritional Literature Collection, the Cocktail History Collection, the Food Technology and Production Collection, and any materials related to social, economic, and domestic aspects of food and drink history.

Found in 181 Collections and/or Records:

The Little Cook Book Featuring Little Recipes for Little Girls and Children's Cooking Set

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-065
Abstract

This collection contains a toy cooking set featured in the 1937 Sears Christmas Wish Book, along with a companion cookbook for young girls, The Little Cook Book Featuring Little Recipes for Little Girls by Leone Ann Heuer, a Sears, Roebuck and Co. cooking expert.

Dates: [ca. 1937]

Julia Loomis Manuscript Cookbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-019
Abstract

This collection contains a manuscript cookbook that belonged to Julia Loomis. The cookbook contains a collection of recipies for cakes, baked goods, salads, and staples like yeast. This cookbook may have been created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: undated

Los Angeles Modern Bartending School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-007
Abstract

The Los Angeles Modern Bartending School Collection includes two bartending guides for students. The untitled “Bartender’s Guide” is likely from the 1930s, around 1935 and is presumed to be the first edition. It contains information on wines & wine service, bar preparation and maintenance, spirits, and cocktail recipes. The "277 Standard/100 Tropical Recipes" is a 1944 revised edition and includes cocktail recipes in two sections.

Dates: c.1930s, 1937/1944

Lowenbach Brothers Price List,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-006
Abstract

The collection consists of an advertisement from the Lowenback Brothers liquor distributors in Alexandria, Virginia, c.1910s.

Dates: c.1910s

Edith Luke Household Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-052
Abstract

This collection includes a household ledger from the estate of Edith Luke(?). A note on the inside cover reads "Geo. Parker my father." The notebook contains multiple ledgers, handwritten and clipped recipes, household accounts, and prayers. The notebook contains a number of different handwritings, so it may have been used by a variety of family members.

Dates: ca. 1890-1899

Macon County, Alabama, Household and Recipe Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-088
Abstract

The Macon County, AL household book keeps: a variety of recipes and outline of duties for enslaved people. Entires within the book range from 1858 to 1918. Within the pages of the book, there are also a variety of letters and clipped articles kept in a scrapbook fashion.

Dates: 1842 - 1918

Make America Strong Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-012
Abstract

This collection contains a set of thirteen "Make America Stong" posters that were published by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the U. S. Government Printing Office in 1941 during World War II. These posters promote dietary needs, healthy eating habits, and ways to fight food insecurity.

Dates: 1941

Manuscript Cookbook [Mid-Atlantic Region?],

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-060
Abstract

The collection consists of a manuscript cookbook that includes a series of recipes dating from approximately 1840-1915.

Dates: c.1840s-1915?

Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-006
Abstract

The Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book includes directions for desserts and savory dishes, as well as things like boot black, cast iron stove cleaner, and cures for dysentery and hydrophobia, among others.

Dates: n.d.