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Happy Valentine’s Day! Say it with pineapples! And squash, and pork chops, and oranges … 

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Image description: Watercolor painting, “The Best Choice for a Healthy Heart,” by Mary Jorgensen. Four people stand around a large heart shape filled with fruits, vegetables, cuts of meat, and seafood, and large “hh” letters. The man is wearing a U.S. Air Force service dress uniform with the insignia of a Technical Sergeant on the short sleeve; the woman and girl are wearing sweatsuits; the boy is wearing a t-shirt and jeans.

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Mitcheson’s Mustache-Spoon, patented on January 21, 1873. 

Sip your soup without soiling your ‘stache! 

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office

Series: Utility Patent Drawings

Image description: Two drawings of a spoon. The bowl of the spoon is half-covered by a plate with a small opening in it, so that the diner can scoop soup into one half of the bowl and sip it from the covered half. The plate over the spoon will keep the diner’s mustache out of the soup.

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Pumpkin pie and Perfection Salad were on the menu at the Truman White House on 12/20/1947. “Collection HST-BWT: Bess W. Truman Papers Series: White House Menus Files File Unit: October 1 - December 31, 1947 ” Transcription: [[MORE]][stamped] HARRY S....
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Pumpkin pie and Perfection Salad were on the menu at the Truman White House on 12/20/1947. 

Collection HST-BWT: Bess W. Truman Papers

Series: White House Menus Files

File Unit: October 1 - December 31, 1947

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“Food has now taken a dominant position in the war, and we must ask the American people to sacrifice far more than was at first thought necessary.” Herbert Hoover, U.S. Food Administration, 12/1/1917. “Record Group 4: Records of the U.S. Food...
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“Food has now taken a dominant position in the war, and we must ask the American people to sacrifice far more than was at first thought necessary.” Herbert Hoover, U.S. Food Administration, 12/1/1917. “Record Group 4: Records of the U.S. Food...
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“Food has now taken a dominant position in the war, and we must ask the American people to sacrifice far more than was at first thought necessary.” Herbert Hoover, U.S. Food Administration, 12/1/1917. 

Record Group 4: Records of the U.S. Food Administration

Series: General Correspondence

File Unit: No. 36 -Window Cards & Home Cards

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Label for Pot of Gold Chocolates, 10/5/1937. “Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940 Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978 ” Image description: A border of gold-spattered rainbow colors...
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Label for Pot of Gold Chocolates, 10/5/1937.

Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

Image description: A border of gold-spattered rainbow colors surrounds a black field with the words “Pot of Gold” and “Moirs / Halifax Canada / XXX Chocolates / Copyright 1937 Moirs Limited / One Pound Net.” On the black field is a drawing of a woman sitting at the end of the rainbow. She has a bob haircut and is wearing a green liquid silk halter dress and matching heeled shoes. She is holding a box of chocolates wrapped in the same label I just described.

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Label for Textang Chile Con Carne with Beans, registered 9/7/1937. “Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940 Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978 ” Transcription: FAMILY...
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Label for Textang Chile Con Carne with Beans, registered 9/7/1937. 

Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

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FAMILY SIZE

DIRECTIONS

Submerge can in slowly boiling

water for 20 minutes. OPEN

CAREFULLY TO AVOID SPURTING.

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Label for Lima Bean Loaf, published 8/21/1937. What’s your favorite way to have lima bean loaf? Soup? Fried? En casserole? “Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940 Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office,...
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Label for Lima Bean Loaf, published 8/21/1937. 

What’s your favorite way to have lima bean loaf? Soup? Fried? En casserole? 

Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

Image description: The label of a can for MARIO Quality Lima Bean Loaf. The label depicts a can-shaped, yellowish, loaf of food. Two slices have been cut from the main loaf. The side of the label gives SUGGESTIONS FOR TASTY LIMA BEAN LOAF DISHES: 

1. For creamed soup, add cream or milk and season to taste.

2. Add broth to make soup or consomme.

3. Open both ends with smooth opener, slice the loaf and fry in butter. Serve with bacon and eggs, syrup, fruit syrup or cream.

4. Heat and add butter as substitute for mashed potatoes or vegetables.

5. Use in place of bread.

6. Bean Loaf en casserole - Slice and place two strips of bacon on top. Bake in moderate oven until golden brown.

7. A splendid stuffing for fowl. Season as for a bread dressing.”

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A White House chef serves up a cheerful spring dessert, 5/1/1967.“Series: Johnson White House Photographs, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969 Collection: White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969 ” Image description: A chef stands in a large...
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A White House chef serves up a cheerful spring dessert, 5/1/1967.

Series: Johnson White House Photographs, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969

Collection: White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969

Image description: A chef stands in a large kitchen, holding a silver tray with two desserts: small flowerpots with a swirl of toasted meringue on top, and real flowers poking through.

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The Barque John Welsh set out for Londonderry, Ireland on 3/23/1847. It carried flour, cornmeal, beans, and peas from the Irish Relief Committee in Philadelphia. “File Unit: Manifests of Merchandise, 3/13/1847 - 3/31/1847 Series: Outward Foreign...
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The Barque John Welsh set out for Londonderry, Ireland on 3/23/1847. It carried flour, cornmeal, beans, and peas from the Irish Relief Committee in Philadelphia. “File Unit: Manifests of Merchandise, 3/13/1847 - 3/31/1847 Series: Outward Foreign...
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The Barque John Welsh set out for Londonderry, Ireland on 3/23/1847. It carried flour, cornmeal, beans, and peas from the Irish Relief Committee in Philadelphia. 

File Unit: Manifests of Merchandise, 3/13/1847 - 3/31/1847

Series: Outward Foreign Manifests for the Port of Philadelphia, 3/25/1789 - 12/31/1918

Record Group 36: Records of the U.S. Customs Service, 1745 - 1997

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President Richard Nixon using chopsticks during a banquet with Premier Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai) of the People’s Republic of China, 2/26/1972“Series: Nixon White House Photographs, 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974 Collection: White House Photo Office Collection...
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President Richard Nixon using chopsticks during a banquet with Premier Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai) of the People’s Republic of China, 2/26/1972

Series: Nixon White House Photographs, 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974

Collection: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration), 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974

Image description: President Nixon, Premier Zhou, and several other people sit at a large round table, which is covered with food, condiments, and dinnerware. Nixon is peering at a piece of food held with his chopsticks.

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Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion eat a meal at Women’s Army Corps quarters somewhere in England, 2/15/1945. “Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981 Record Group 111: Records of the Office of...
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Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion eat a meal at Women’s Army Corps quarters somewhere in England, 2/15/1945. 

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Image description: Black women in Women’s Army Corps uniforms sit at a table in a mess hall. They are eating food from steel mess kit plates and cups. The food includes toast and whole fruit (oranges?). In the center of the table is a potted plant, possibly a rhododendron. The windows of the room are dark.

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A sauce for gods and epicures! Unfortunately, the label for Leslie’s Devonshire Relish was registered before manufacturers were required to list ingredients, so we don’t know what was in it. 1/14/1902. “Series: Case Files for Registered Product...
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A sauce for gods and epicures! Unfortunately, the label for Leslie’s Devonshire Relish was registered before manufacturers were required to list ingredients, so we don’t know what was in it. 1/14/1902. 

Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

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J. Bouis’ Steam Drawer Kitchen, patented 1/6/1812Steam your whole dinner at once! “Series: Restored Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1847 Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978 ” Image description: Exterior and cutaway views...
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J. Bouis’ Steam Drawer Kitchen, patented 1/6/1812

Steam your whole dinner at once!

Series: Restored Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1847

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

Image description: Exterior and cutaway views of a tall kitchen appliance. From the bottom up, there is a box for the fire, a box which contains the water, and three drawers in a stack. The cutaway view shows that the drawers contain a dish of fish, a dish of vegetables, and a dish with a whole turkey or other type of poultry.

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Label for “King of the Coast” brand clams, 8/27/1901. (Scroll back to Aug. 17 in our feed to see an example of the child laborers who packed canned seafood around this time.) “Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940 Record...
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Label for “King of the Coast” brand clams, 8/27/1901. 

(Scroll back to Aug. 17 in our feed to see an example of the child laborers who packed canned seafood around this time.) 

Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

Image description: A sharply-dressed man with a lion’s head stands on a rocky coastline next to a pile of clams. Label text reads, “I am monarch of all I survey / My right there is none to dispute / From the center all round to the sea / I am lord of the fowl and the brute” and “CLAMS / KING OF THE COAST / BRAND / PACKED BY / J.B. Sylvester & Son / Blue Hill Falls / MAINE”

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