Food - Overview
Part of a nation's history lies in what people eat. Artifacts at the Museum document the history of food in the United States from farm machinery to diet fads.
More than 1,300 pieces of stoneware and earthenware show how Americans have stored, prepared, and served food for centuries. Ovens, cookie cutters, kettles, aprons, and ice-cream-making machines are part of the collections, along with home canning jars and winemaking equipment. More than 1,000 objects recently came to the Museum when author and cooking show host Julia Child donated her entire kitchen, from appliances to cookbooks.
Advertising and business records of several food companies—such as Hills Brothers Coffee, Pepsi Cola, and Campbell's Soup—represent the commercial side of the subject
"Food - Overview" showing 1241 items.
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[Woman with baguettes (French bread), France : color slide (phototransparency).]
- Notes
- Series 5: box 171, sheet 25
- Date
- 1951
- 1981
- 20th century
- photographer
- Sultner-Welles, Donald H (Sultner, Donald Harvey) 1914-1981
- Local number
- AC0145-0000048.tif (AC scan no.)
- 53496 Videodisc frame
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Retirement luncheon for Dr. Freeman, Feb[ruary] 1964 [cellulose acetate photonegative]
- Summary
- Group of men seated and standing around a dining table. The table is laid with bowls of soup. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption, "1 glossy of ea, 3 dw of big group, 1 dw of small group" and "2 glass [?] transfer [?] Dr. Thomas". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Retouching on faces with New Coccine
- Cite as
- Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1930
- 1960
- February 1964
- 1960-1970
- photographers
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- film manufacturer
- Eastman Kodak Co
- Subject
- Freeman Dr
- Local number
- Box 618.04.110
- AC0618.004.0001675.tif (scan number)
- No Scurlock number
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Here is the only complete line of Chinese Foods ... [black & white advertisement; tear sheet]
- Summary
- ... packed by American men and methods. Illustrated with a line of La Choy cans
- Cite as
- N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1932
- 1960-1970
- advertiser
- La Choy Food Products, Inc
- Local number
- AC0059-0000079 (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Facts For You [black & white advertisement; tear sheet]
- Summary
- Facts about the Kellogg Company and corn flakes. Illustration of the manufacturing plant at the bottom
- Cite as
- N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1934
- 1930-1940
- advertiser
- Kellogg Company
- Local number
- AC0059-0000108 (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Enjoy these delicious Word's Fair donuts at home...today! : [document]
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1939
- 1930-1940
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L (Sally Levitt)
- Subject
- New York World's Fair (1939-1940)
- Local number
- AC0439-0000002.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Woman giving donuts to injured (?) soldiers]: [black-and-white photoprint]
- Summary
- Photographer unidentified
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1930
- 1940
- Undated
- 1930-1940
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L (Sally Levitt)
- Local number
- AC0439-0000009.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[The entrance to the Doughnut Hut at the World's Fair]: [black-and-white photoprint]
- Summary
- Photographer unidentified
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1939
- 1930-1940
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L (Sally Levitt)
- Subject
- Salvation Army
- Local number
- AC0439-0000010.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Service man being served donuts by two USO ladies] : [document]
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1930
- 1940
- Saturday Evening Post
- 1930-1940
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L (Sally Levitt)
- Local number
- AC0439-0000014.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Children eating donuts and milk]: [black-and-white photoprint]
- Summary
- Photographer unidentified
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1930
- 1940
- Undated
- 1930-1940
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L (Sally Levitt)
- Local number
- AC0439-0000015.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
"Size of the donut hole down through the years."
- Summary
- Photographer unidentified
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1930
- 1940
- Undated
- 1930-1940
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L (Sally Levitt)
- Local number
- AC0439-0000016.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
