Aladdin Industries, Inc. Records
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- Creators:
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Johnson, Victor S., Sr., 1882-1943
Johnson, Victor, Jr., 1906-
Aladdin Industries, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
- Dates:
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1889-2003
- Size:
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50 Cubic feet (120 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0844
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately 50 cubic feet of material documenting Aladdin Industries Inc., manufacturers of vacuum ware and lunch boxes. The majority of the material dates from 1947 to the 1970s. The strength of the collection is with the lunch box documentation and product development, marketing, and sales records. There is some int...
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- Creators:
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Green, Mary E.
Extractive Industries, Division of.
- Dates:
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1883-1980
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize folder
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1061
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over a period of approximately 25 years, Dr. Mary Eloise Green of Ohio State University collected a wide variety of materials pertaining to food preservation and home canning techniques. She acquired associated pamphlets, manuals, and recipe booklets from companies as well as governmental agencies.
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- Creators:
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Broussard-Simmons, Vanessa
Kraft General Foods, Inc.
Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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undated
- Size:
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1.6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0510
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists primarily of cookbooks and similar forms of literature containing recipes and - or information relating to food customs, created by producers and manufacturers of foods products, cooking utensils, kitchen appliances and equipment.
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Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company (Portland, Oregon)
Loy, Percy W.
Wong, Robert
- Dates:
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1931-2006
- Size:
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20.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1316
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Kubla Khan Frozen Food Company, a Portland, Oregon company that manufactures, packages and distributes frozen Chinese food from 1950-present.
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Wright, Helena, 1946-
- Dates:
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1934-1946
- Size:
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0480
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Fifty-three personal care and food labels from four Chicago area African-American businesses: Famous Products Company, Madam Jones Company, Lucky Man Company, and Val-Mor Products Company.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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circa 1795-1970
- Size:
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14.46 Cubic feet (consisting of 30.5 boxes, 1 folder, 11 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Food
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Food forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Steinberg, Sally L. (Sally Levitt)
- Dates:
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1920s-1987
- Size:
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0439
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of ephemeral materials gathered by Sally L. Steinberg while she was researching her 1987 publication, The Donut Book: The origins, history, literature, lore, taste, etiquette, traditions, techniques, varieties, mathematics, mythology, commerce, philosophy, cuisine, and glory of the donut.
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United States. Department of Agriculture
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1906-1907.
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1096
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains thirty-three glass plate negatives documenting the construction of Laboratory A and B of the Department of Agriculture building in the early 1900s.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Agriculture and Mining
- Dates:
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circa 1923-1973
- Size:
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1.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 240
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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- Creators:
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Unanue, Prudencio
Goya Foods, Inc.
Unanue family
- Dates:
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undated
1856-2000
bulk 1960-2000
- Size:
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20 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
8 sound recordings
15 video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0694
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Goya Foods, Inc., supported the cultural life of various communities in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company's current headquarters is in Secaucus, New Jersey. Photographs, calendars, sales promotional materials, cookbooks, packaging, and news clippings. Photographs depict primarily company sponsored events, but a few are family pictures.