Today, in 1878, milk was delivered in bottles for the first time. The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library has many milk and dairy related more »
Author: Alexia MacClain
In a previous post, we featured candy recipes from the 1907 Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. As you can tell from the title, the guide also has an more »
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 more »
Ever wonder how candy was made in the nineteenth century? An 1874 catalog from Thomas Mills & Brother entitled Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Goods advertises a machine which made more »
The first US waffle iron was patented in 1869. Since then various companies have manufactured waffle irons. In the Universal Electric Housewares catalog from 1950, Landers, Frary & Clark advertised the more »
The bicycle is “a money and time saving proposition. It appeals so strongly to the hundreds of thousands of working people who are making practical use of it every day more »