1899-1935. Staplebound. Are you familiar with the "baking powder wars" that erupted in the late nineteenth century? During this period, baking powder had become a booming industry, with more than a hundred manufacturers competing nationwide. In their efforts to attract home cooks loyal to traditional methods and recipes, these companies..... More

Paris: Mouillot, 1891. Staplebound. 56 pages. Copiously illustrated, with prices - this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades and fashion of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise for the home. Text in French. Pages lightly toned. More

Philadelphia: c. 1920. Cards. 8.5 x 15.5 cm. Color illustrated trade card featuring a highly accessorized woman. Located at 54 N. 13th Street, next to St. George's Hall, the cafe advertised "Pure Food - properly Cooked, Prompt Attention and Right Prices - Special Lunch Bill of Fare Each Day, Our..... More

Loose_leaf. 17 x 13 cm. c. 1900 Color lithograph cigar label. Depicting a pair of mice pulling a carriage with two cigar smoking goblins. F.W. printed on carraige - Fred Wambach, 19th Century cigar maker. Text at tail end of label: Entered According To Act of Congress in The Year..... More

Jersey City, NJ: C.F. MUELLER CO, 1937. Staplebound. 28 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Christian Mueller, a German immigrant living in Jersey City, NJ, started Mueller's Macaroni Products in 1867 by selling his handmade egg noodles via a basket to local residents around town. In 1937, Mueller's published this recipe..... More

Los Angeles: California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1937. Staplebound. 48 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. An extensive and beautifully designed pamphlet reporting the healthful aspects of Sunkist Oranges as well as the brand new Sunkist building in Los Angeles. Filled with recipes including salads, drinks, pies, cakes, marmalades, and more. Color..... More

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Consolidated Milling Co., c. 1895. Wraps. 16 x 8 cm. Folding pamphlet featuring recipes for Bread made from "Natural" Flour. Also contains a recipe for Home Made Yeast using potatoes and hops. The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company operated about one quarter of the mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at..... More

New York: GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, 1939. Staplebound. 64 pages. Compliments of MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, Good to the Last Drop - Kosher for PASSOVER. Stamp on back cover: Joseph Manchester, 28 Channing Street, New London, Conn. Includes Abridged 5-Year Calendar for the Jewish Holidays. Pages toned. More

New York: The Elbert Printing Company, Inc., 1940. Hardcover spiral bound. 72 pages. Published by and for the Benefit of The New York Exchange for Woman's Work. Wine Notes by Peter Greig, Edited by Ann R. Silver. The exchange was founded in 1878 by Candace Wheeler, an interior designer, and..... More

1938-1939. Cardboard covers. 35 x 26 cm. A scrapbook documenting Gladys Le Bow's 1938-1939 presidency of the St. Louis Women's Advertising Club, with correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, telegrams, press releases, printed radio programs, and other ephemera. The volume records a year of professional activities, public programs, and educational initiatives promoting..... More

St. Louis: R. L. BILES & COMPANY, 1912. Staplebound. 23 pages.31 x 23 cm. Large-format promotional pamphlet issued to promote real estate investment and land development for pecan cultivation. A product of the early twentieth-century pecan boom across the American South, the publication extols the advantages of the Yazoo Valley..... More

Minneapolis: Russell-Miller Milling Co., c. 1920s. Staplebound. 15 pages. 12.5 x 7.5 cm. Fictional "travelogue" or narrative describing the process of milling through the eyes of two young women from Minneapolis. Russell-Miller Milling Company was established in 1882 by John Russell and Arthur Miller in Valley City, North Dakota, on..... More