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 4 items.
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
- Description (Brief)
- A letter opener advertising W. Atlee Burpee Co. Made of cream celluloid with green printed details, it has an image of a lima bean pod on the front and back. The handle section of the opener is in the shape of a pod, described as "Natural size pod of Burpee's bush lima."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- after 1877
- advertiser
- W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
- maker
- Baldwin & Gleason Company
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.0899
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.0899
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from United Farm Workers]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- United Farm Workers
- Related companies
- UFW ; AFL-CIO ; American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_32576
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Rhodia, Inc.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- Rhodia, Inc.
- Related companies
- Rhodia Aeropeutics ;
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_10811
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Ludlow Saylor Wire Co.]
- Date range
- 1800s-1900s
- Company Name
- Ludlow Saylor Wire Co.
- Related companies
- Ludlow Saylor Wire Cloth Co. ; Ludlow Saylor Wire Cloth Co. , a subsidiary of Star Wire Screen & Iron Works, Inc.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_27924
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries