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 7 items.
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Frances S. Baker Product Cookbooks, ca. 1900-1993
- Summary
- Small cookbooks, primarily in pamphlet form, produced either by the manufacturer of one of the ingredients or by the manufacturer of appliances used in preparing the recipe. These cookbooks also advertise the products represented. Collection includes pamphlets on canning, canning labels, recipes from newspapers, and several regional cookbooks, including Canada and the Pacific Northwest
- Cite as
- Frances S. Baker Product Cookbooks, 1900-1990, Archives Center,National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1900
- 1990
- ca 1900-1993
- 1900-1990
- 20th century
- collector
- Baker, Frances S. 1911-1999
- Local number
- Pending (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Goya Foods, Inc. Collection, 1960-2000
- Notes
- Prudencio Unanue emigrated to Puerto Rico from northern Spain in 1902, but moved his family to New York in 1916. They opened Unanue, Inc., in 1936 to supply local bodegas. Over the next 30 years the business grew tremendously and eventually began its own food processing, canning, and packaging. In 1961 the company assumed the name Goya Foods, Inc., although it had used Goya as a product name since 1936. By sponsoring music festivals, sports teams, parades, and other activities, Goya Foods supported the cultural life of various communities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The company's current headquarters is in Secaucus, New Jersey
- Summary
- Photographs, calendars, sales promotional materials, cookbooks, packaging, and news clippings. Photographs depict primarily company sponsored events, but a few are family pictures
- Cite as
- Goya Foods, Inc. Collection, ca. 1960-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1960
- 1960-2000
- 1950-2000
- 20th century
- donor
- Goya Foods, Inc
- creators
- Unanue family
- author
- Unanue, Prudencio
- Local number
- 1999.3017 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Famous Amos Collection, 1975-1996
- Notes
- After serving in the Army, Wally Amos went into entertainment management, then created his own business and lost it, then became a motivational speaker
- Summary
- The Famous Amos Collection consists primarily of business records, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the career of Wally Famous Amos and the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings
- Cite as
- Famous Amos Collection, 1975-1996, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1975
- 1975-1996
- 1970-1990
- 1980-2000
- collector
- Amos, Wally
- donor
- Amos, Christine
- creator
- Famous Amos Cookie Company
- Subject
- Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Company
- Local number
- 2000.8005b (NMAH Acc.)
- 1980.0886 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Whitman's Chocolates Collection of Print Advertisements
- Summary
- Materials trace the evolution of product packaging and advertising of Whitman's Chocolates. Includes business records and photographs of early product displays
- Cite as
- Whitman's Chocolates Collection of Print Advertisements, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1900
- 1992
- 20th century
- donor
- Whitman Chocolates
- Local number
- 1992.3047 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Product Cookbooks Collection, ca. 1874-2007
- Notes
- Initial donor was a Smithsonian Institution librarian
- Summary
- These items are termed cookbooks though most are pamphlets or booklets containing recipes.. They were produced either by a manufacturer of the ingredients of foods or by the manufacturer of appliances for which certain recipes or ways of cooking were particularly appropriate, so they also advertise the products represented
- 2012 addendum includes recipe books issued by electric utilities in the state of Wisconsin and the city of Madison. Some of them feature the Reddy Kilowatt character
- Cite as
- Product Cookbooks Collection, 1874-2007, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1874
- 1874-2007
- ca 1874-2007
- 1870-1990
- donor
- Wells, Ellen B
- Collector, Mary Lou
- Boldt, O.C
- Boldt, Pat
- Cherkasky, Shirley E
- Ravnitzky, Michael
- Neuner, Tillman
- Subject
- Madison Gas and Electric Co. (Madison, Wis.)
- Reddy Kilowatt (Cartoon figure)
- Wisconsin Power and Light Company
- Local number
- 1990.3236 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2007.3013 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2010.3007 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2012.3023 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2012.3021 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2012.3019 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2013.3007 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2013.3033 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Campbell Soup Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, Archives Center, National Museum of American History 1904-1989
- Notes
- This collection is the result of a year-long study of advertising of Campbell's "Red and White" Soups, supported in part by a grant from the Campbell Soup Company. Thirty-one oral history interviews were conducted by Dr. Barbara Griffith for the project, and a variety of related materials were gathered by the Center for Advertising History staff. The objective of the project was to create a collection that provides documentation, in print and electronic media, of the history and development of advertising for Campbell's Red and White Soups in the decades following World War II
- Summary
- Includes oral history interviews; print, radio and television commercials; promotional items, company publications, market research
- Cite as
- Campbell Soup Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1904
- 1904-1989
- 20th century
- 1980-1990
- creator
- Archives Center, NMAH, SI
- interviewee
- Haber, Bernie
- Mercer, Richard
- Murphy, W.B
- Bair, Dean
- Bergin, John F
- Shaub, Harold
- Meyers, Peter H
- Coulson, Zoe
- Jones, Caroline Robinson (advertising executive) 1941-2001
- Gearon, Dan
- Adams, Anthony
- Weir, Chris
- Rombach, Scott
- McGovern, R. Gordon
- Prior, Joseph
- Goerke, Donald E
- White, Richard
- Baum, Herbert M
- Rindlaub, Jean
- Cronin, Betty
- Mulcahy, Paul
- Welsh, Dick
- McNutt, James
- Jordan, James
- Conill, Rafael
- Conlon, Robert
- Conill, Alicia
- Meehan, Vincenta
- Norris, E. E
- Holmes, Martha
- Norris, Alice
- interviewer
- Griffith, Barbara S. Dr
- creator
- Campbell Soup Company
- Subject
- Backer Spiel Vogel Bates?
- Connill Advertising
- advertising agency
- Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn
- Local number
- 1990.3037 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Kraft Television Theatre Oral History Project, 1947-1992
- Notes
- The Kraft Television Theatre Oral History Project is the result of a year-long study undertaken by the Center for Advertising History. The objective of the project was to create a collection that provides documentation, in the form of oral history interviews, of the history and development of Kraft Television Theater, especially the relationship between advertising and the origins of commercial sponsorship in the early days of television programming. Interviews were conducted for the Archives Center by Tom Wiener in 1992
- Summary
- Oral history interviews with fourteen former Kraft and J. Walter Thompson executives chart the evolution of Kraft's approach to television, from its pioneering efforts in the medium's infancy to the search to maintain identity in an increasingly competitive and fragmented media landscape. Casting, directing, and production of the live dramas and the commercials are discussed at length. Kraft's philosophy of advertising, its relationship with J. Walter Thompson advertising agency and NBC, and consumer outreach are also featured
- The persons interviewed are: Jim Blocki, Ed Herlihy, George Roy Hill, Fran Holland, Fielder Cook, Marion Dougherty, Farlan Myers, Tad Jeffrey, Richard Courtice, Chester Green, Lee Pratt, Al Durante, Dorothy Holland, and Bob Powell
- Cite as
- Kraft Television Theatre Oral History Project, 1947-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1947
- 1947-1992
- donor
- Kraft General Foods, Inc
- interviewee
- Blocki, Jim
- Herlihy, Ed
- Hill, George Roy
- Holland, Fran
- Cook, Fielder
- Dougherty, Marion
- Myers, Farlan
- Jeffrey, Tad
- Courtice, Richard
- Green, Chester
- Pratt, Lee
- Durante, Al
- Holland, Dorothy
- Powell, Bob
- interviewer
- Wiener, Tom
- Subject
- National Broadcasting Company, Inc
- Thompson, J. Walter (advertising agency)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH