[Collection of ephemera on food and cookery, mainly recipes and promotional literature from producers of brand name products]. 1871-1949.

Chicago, IL. From the description of Handbills and pamphlets, ca.1890-1920. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122488908 ...

Rumford Company

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Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co.

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Fleischmann Company

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NY. From the description of Pamphlets, ca.1920. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122464895 ...

Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company

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Manufacturers of a vegetable compound and other products for women's ailments; founded in 1873 by the children of Lydia Estes Pinkham; company sold in 1968; headquartered in Lynn, Mass. From the description of Records, 1901-1967. (Lynn Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70942478 The company was founded in 1873 by the children of Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819-1883) to sell the vegetable compound that she had been giving away as a cure mainly for female maladies. The...

American Sugar Refining Company

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The American Sugar Refining Company originated in the very early part of the nineteenth century. Within one hundred years, it was a major employer in Brooklyn, where it developed a number of innovations in sugar refining. William Havemeyer, a German immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1799, founded the first incarnation of the company. He operated Mr. Seaman's refinery on Pine Street in Manhattan, where his brother Frederick joined him; together, they opened th...

Kellogg Company

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H.J. Heinz Company

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Henry John Heinz, a pioneer in the food processing industry, established Heinz, Noble & Co. in 1869 with partner L. Clarence Noble to make and sell processed foods. Horseradish was the company's first product of a quickly expanding line. Financial difficulties forced company bankruptcy in 1875. The following year Heinz established a new company, the F & J Heinz Co. with his brother John and cousin Frederick. In 1888, Henry Heinz gains financial control of F & J Heinz and changed its ...

Wells, Richardson & Co.

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Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company

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National Pressure Cooker Company

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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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Postum Company

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Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals, was founded by C. W. Post. It began in 1895 with the first Postum, a "cereal beverage", developed by Post in Battle Creek, Michigan. The first cereal, Grape-Nuts, was developed in 1897. From the guide to the Postum Company records, 1895-1931, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Battle Creek, Michigan based company founded by C. W. Post (now part of General Foods Corporation). From the description of Postum C...

American Molasses Company

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Heyl, Edgar G.

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National Biscuit Company

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The National Biscuit Company was founded in 1898, the product of a merger among the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company, the New York Biscuit Company, and the United States Baking Company. The new conglomerate was headquartered in New York City with 114 bakeries across the United States. Over the next several decades the company grew by acquiring companies such as the F.H. Bennett Company, maker of Milk-Bone Pet Products, and the Shredded Wheat Company, maker of Triscuit Wafers and Shredd...

Jell-O Company

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Knox Gelatine, Inc.

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Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation

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Church & Dwight Co.

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Walter Baker & Company

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Chocolate manufacturer. Firm established in Dorchester, Mass., in 1780 by James Baker (1739-1825) and continued by his son Edmund Baker (1770-1846) and grandson Walter Baker (1792-1852). Henry L. Pierce (1825-1896) controlled the firm for 42 years and expanded it from a local business to the leading chocolate firm in the country. In 1927 it became part of General Foods. From the description of Records, 1812-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894593 ...

Pillsbury Flour Mills Company

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Consumers Fish Company

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