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
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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
[Dwight D. Eisenhower eating Good Humor ice cream bar : black-and-white photoprint.]
- Summary
- Stamped on verso, "International News Photos / 245 East 45th Street, New York 17, N.Y." Photographer unidentified. This print is a cropped, enlarged version of AC0451-0000037.tif (printed from the same negative)
- Cite as
- Good Humor Collection, ca. 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1950
- 1955
- 1940-1960
- 1950-1960
- agency
- International News Photos
- advertiser
- Good Humor Corporation
- Subject
- Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David) 1890-1969
- Local number
- 92-11721 (Neg. No.), AC0451-0000039.tif
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Mamie Eisenhower eating Good Humor ice cream bar : photoprint.]
- Summary
- Stamped on verso, "International News Photos / 245 East 45th Street, New York 17, N.Y." Photographer unidentified
- Cite as
- Good Humor Collection, ca. 1930-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1950
- 1955
- 1940-1960
- 1940-1950
- creator
- International News Photos
- advertiser
- Good Humor Corporation
- Local number
- AC0451-0000038.tif
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Dwight Eisenhower eating an ice cream bar : black-and-white photoprint]
- Notes
- In Box 1, Folder 7
- Summary
- Dwight Eisenhower, in a sport jacket and tie, eating an ice cream bar outdoors. See also an enlarged, cropped print from the same negative, AC0451-0000039.tif
- Cite as
- Good Humor Ice Cream Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1952
- Ca. 1950-1960
- 1940-1960
- 1950-1960
- agency
- International News Photos of New York
- Subject
- Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David) 1890-1969
- Local number
- AC0451-0000037.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Always use pure Vermont Maple [recipe]
- Summary
- Recipes illustrated with reproductions of color and black-and-white photographs
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1940
- 1960
- Undated
- 1900-1950
- collector
- Steinberg, Sally L
- Local number
- AC0439-0000055.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Bundt Pan
- Description (Brief)
- Nordic Ware, a family-owned manufacturing firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was founded in 1946 by brothers Dave and Mark Dalquist, as “Plastics for Industry.” In 1950, the brothers bought Northland Aluminum Products, a small firm with a line of “Nordic Ware” products including griddles and steak platters. The same year, Dave Dalquist created a cast aluminum, fluted cake pan and trademarked it as the “Bundt” pan. The company continued to grow its product line to include specialty baking and cookware items, including the microwave turntable. Nordic Ware is notable due to its history of product innovation through engineering, and its continued production of cookware in the United States.
- The most recognizable product that Nordic Ware has produced is its top-selling Bundt Pan. Nordic Ware manufactured this pan in the 1950s. The traditionally German Bundt cake become popular after one was used to bake a “Tunnel of Fudge” cake that placed second in the 1966 Pillsbury bake-off. Subsequently, Pillsbury and Nordic Ware paired up to sell cake mixes and pans very successfully.
- Description
- This cast aluminum, fluted tube pan was created in 1950 by David Dalquist (1918-2005), co-founder of Nordic Ware, a Minneapolis-based cookware manufacturing company. Launched as Plastics for Industry in 1946, David Dalquist and his brother Mark began making foundry patterns and industrial plastic products for area businesses. They also made aluminum cookware, including specialty products based on Scandinavian baking tools. Nordic Ware's ebleskiver pans, krumkake irons, and rosette irons were popular with the area's large Scandinavian population.
- In addition to manufacturing Bundt pans, Nordic Ware also produced cook books and recipes, most of which were tested by David's wife, Dotty, in their home kitchen. "300 Ways to Use Your Bundt Pan" and the "Busy Ladies Bundt Cook Book" contain recipes for making casseroles, salads, and even bread in a Bundt.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1950
- maker
- Nordic Ware
- ID Number
- 2007.0034.30
- catalog number
- 2007.0034.30
- accession number
- 2007.0034
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
[Bowls of brightly dyed Easter eggs : chromogenic color phototransparency.]
- Summary
- Four bowls, containing blue, red, green, and yellow eggs. "Agfachrome CT18" edge imprint on film
- Date
- 1951
- 1950-1980
- 1960-1990
- photographer
- Sultner-Welles, Donald H (Sultner, Donald Harvey) 1914-1981
- Local number
- AC0145-0000049.tif (AC scan no.)
- 53482 Videodisc frame
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Call out the Dounuteers * [sic] [advertisement]
- Summary
- Advertisement consists of cartoon panels indicating how doughnuts helped boost morale during World War II, both on the warfront and home front
- Cite as
- Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1941
- 1945
- Item undated
- 20th century
- 1900-1950
- donor
- Steinberg, Sally L
- advertiser
- Doughnut Corporation of America
- Subject
- Mayflower Doughnuts
- Local number
- AC0439-0000053.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Baxter Laboratories, Inc.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Variant company name
- Wallerstein Company, division of Baxter Laboratories, Inc.
- Company Name
- Baxter Laboratories, Inc.
- Related companies
- Wallerstein Co.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_118
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Beech-Nut Packing Co.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- Beech-Nut Packing Co.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_6936
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
