Hope you didn't overindulge …
R.E. Rodda Candy Company, Rodda Easter Candy, ca. 1925, chocolate bunny.
"Jack" weighed approximately 5 pounds!
—Elizabeth Periale
Chocolate Bunny
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Tag Archives: Easter
I Want Candy
Rodda Easter Candy, ca. 1925, chocolate chicken.
Now that Halloween is over the true celebration begins … half-price candy!
The Libraries likes to celebrate a sweet tooth as much as the next guy, and what better day to do it than on today, National Candy Day:
To Celebrate National Candy Day … We checked for candy related catalogs in the Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library and found the Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide.
It's Candy…and a Toy! Ever wonder how candy was made in the nineteenth century?
Delicious Desserts and Candies Dr. Price's … Flavoring ice cream, cakes, puddings, custards, sauces, gelatine dishes, candies, jellies, syrups and other food products.
The Food of the Gods The National Museum of American History Library does have many trade literature items that feature candy and candy making. Items include catalogs from the Confectioners’ Machinery & Mfg. Co. and the Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co., which feature candy making and chocolate machinery.
Chocolate Rabbits and … Elephants! The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library includes a catalog from the company that first created a popular Easter candy called Marshmallow Peeps.
Don't forget to brush and floss after indulging!
—Elizabeth Periale
Rabbits and Chickens . . . and Butterflies
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, MA. The 1917 Party Book, 1917, Easter gifts ; basket ideas.
From Valentine’s Day to the 4th of July, The 1917 Party Book, a trade catalog by the Dennison Manufacturing Company, includes ideas for holiday and party decorations. One of these holidays is Easter . . .
Flowers and chickens decorate an Easter table. Chicken cut-outs are attached to favor boxes which are decorated with violets and a bow. A large hat box decorated with crepe paper and ribbon is the centerpiece. That’s how one of the Easter tables is decorated. The other Easter table is decorated with crepe paper, flowers, and ribbon made to look like butterflies.
The 1917 Party Book also gives suggestions for “Easter Gifts That Are Easily Made.” Making a telephone screen or picture frame are just two of the ideas, and the Easter wrapping paper decorated with rabbits and chicks complete the gifts.
But that’s not all. A yellow butterfly and spring flowers—Easter lily, roses, tulips, and more—are also shown in the catalog and can all be made using a pattern.
The 1917 Party Book and other trade catalogs by the Dennison Manufacturing Company are located in the Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library.
Happy Easter!
If you’re wondering about other holidays, check out a previous post featuring Valentine’s Day decorations.
—Alexia MacClain
Top Ten Countdown
R.E. Rodda Candy Company, Rodda Easter Candy , ca. 1925, chocolate bunny (above), chocolate chicken (below)
Taking a page from O Say Can You See, the National Museum of American History blog, the Libraries has also taken a look back at its blog entries since February 2009, when we started posting daily.
Libraries staff have created some very interesting posts—as interesting and varied as its collections. We are all having fun sharing our collections and activities and are happy to report that our traffic has increased—so you must be enjoying it, too!
Here are the top ten posts for 2009:
1. Sunday, April 12—Chocolate Rabbits and…Elephants!—Apparently the delicious combination of chocolate, rabbits, and elephants proved hard to resist in our most popular post—Alexia MacClain's wonderful Easter-themed entry, from the trade literature collection at the National Museum of American History Library.
2. Tuesday, April 14—National Library Workers Day—It's heartening to discover that one of our most popular posts this year focused on the staff of the Libraries. Whoo hoo for us!
3. Tuesday, September 15—Apollo XI and beyond!—The National Air & Space Museum librarian Bill Baxter and Liz O'Brien put together this little bit of air and space history post about a gift of lunar module flight manuals.
4. Monday, April 13—Thomas Jefferson's Birthday—Some of the most fun posts to put together are ones that highlight hidden gems from Libraries' collections on a single topic. In this case, books about Thomas Jefferson from all over the Libraries help to create a portrait of the third president of the United States.
5. Thursday, October 15—October is National Stamp Collecting Month!—this post by National Postal Museum Library staff Cassie Mancer, Paul McCutcheon & Mary Ann Wilson highlights stamp collecting and links to wonderful images on the Libraries flickr site.
6. Wednesday, September 16—Scholars and the Everywhere Library—Dan Cohen's popular lecture generates multiple page views as people continue to tune in to his webcast, which was part of the Libraries' ongoing lecture series.
7. Tuesday, November 10—New and Notable Pop-ups & Movables: Yellow Square—this post by Elizabeth Broman from the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library in New York highlights our other blog, Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn as well as our upcoming pop-up exhibition of the same name which will open in May 2010 at the National Museum of American History.
8. Wednesday, September 30—A Second Look Uncovers a First Edition: a Manuscript Page from Darwin's Origin of Species—Kirsten van der Veen's interesting post gives a glimpse into research and scholarly inquiry at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology.
9. Thursday, November 12—Sylph—A Fairy Inhabiting the Air; Airy, Graceful—Webster—National Museum of American History Library intern Mary Jinglewski contributed this post highlighting an 1892 bicycle trade literature catalog.
10. Wednesday, October 7—Closing for Renovation: Freer-Sackler Library—This informative post is generating a lot of traffic as patrons keep up with what's happening at our Freer/Sackler Library.
Thanks so much to everyone who reads this blog. Please continue to join us, follow us, subscribe, and leave a comment on anything of interest, and we promise to continue to focus on the Libraries and its wonderful collections!—Elizabeth Periale