food

1977

Top edge has text: "Boycott Nestle Products" . Below the poster has a depiction of death handing a nursing mother a bottle. Death is wearing a money belt. In the background there is a village...

1977

Top of poster reads: "Women / Invented / Cheese" Below is a line drawing of three female figures holding trays fo cheese. Each figure is accompanied by a description, from left to right: "Mrs....

Jan-59

Magazine, Family Circle, January 1959, Volume 54, Number 1. Cost 10 cents. 88 pages. Front cover text: "Everywoman's Family Circle: The magazine you need for the life you lead; How to stretch your...

1950-1960

28-page issue of "Yosemite Nature Notes," this one with the theme "Yosemite Indians." Gives information and illustrations relating to the California Indians of the Yosemite Valley.

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Mar-70

Magazine, Family Circle, March 1970, Volume 76, Number 3, 20 cents, Special issue, 126 pages. Front cover image: red background with large silver sicssors cutting a gold dollar sign. Front cover...

2/15/1990-3/21/1990

From a clipping pasted to back, "[stamped at top] WED MAR 21 1990 Dennis Richmond This is Dennis Richmond's 14th year as KTVU's weeknight anchor. In his 21-year career at channel 2, he has covered...

c. 1942-1945

The front and back covers of this Oakland cook book are made of a highly textured tan paper, the front cover is printed in blue: "Navy Mothers, Cook Book, By Oakland Navy Mothers Club, No. 13,...

1943

A: Red buckram cook book "Coupon Cookery" by Prudence Penny, copright 1943 by Hearst Publications, Inc., A Desanco Book, Made in the U.S.A., Murray & Gee, Inc., Hollywood,...

Matchbook cover for Southern Pacific Railroad; The cover is yellow, with "Southern Pacific Streamlined Daylights" printed on it in red and black. On the back is a streamlined drawing of a train...

May-63

Brochure. Description: "Your Family Survival Plan"

c1950

36-page, staple-bound appliance booklet accompanied the 1950 GE Space Maker refrigerator. It contains instructions on where to place various types of food within the refrigerator for optimum...

1932

Recipe booklet has a blue cover, with blue tape binding. Booklet is 96 pages long, and features recipes for preparing all the different kinds of fish and seafood found in California, indexed by...

21-Nov-40

This single sheet of white paper was printed using a ditto machine, printed purple. The menu if for Thanksgiving Dinner November 21, 1940 and cost $1.25 for relishes, a sea food cocktail, soup,...

c. 1946-1947

"Golden Supper Snacks, (Served from 9:00 P. M. to 6:00 A. M.) Special Steak Sandwich. . . .85, Monte Cristo Sandwich. . . .90, Old Fashioned Mulligan Stew. . . .60, Spaghetti Italienne. . . ....

c. 1947

This menu is not folded. (It would have been folded, but it appears to have been unused.) The cover is printed primarily in green and red "Good Morning, Good Morning, Breakfast Menue." Inside...

28-Oct-47

This menu is made of textured white paper. The cover is printed in purple "HCC, Oakland's Finer Store." The inside of the menu is printed in black. This menu is for the "Restaurant on The Roof...

c. 1945-1946

This single fold menu made of textured, pale yellow paper is printed in brown. The front cover is illustrated with a small picture of three birds, "Hotel Shattuck, Good Morning! Breakfast Menu,...

c.1948-1950

This menu, although scored to be folded, has not been folded, and is a single sheet. One side is glazed and reads: "Hotel Leamington" with an illustration of the hotel, "Room Service Menu,...

1941

Cookbook is white paper, printed in black, with a green paper cover. 64 pages, cookbook appears to have been published as a fundraiser for the Walnut Creek Women's Club. Cookbook features...

c.1920-1950

A: This is a small three hole loose leaf binder of black leather, which has turned brown on the outside, and the spine is so raw and worn that it is tan. Inside is a pocket at the front....

25-Dec-46

This single fold white paper menu features a Norman Rockwell full color illustration of Santa Claus on the cover; Santa has a book in his left hand marked "Good Boys" and a magnifying lense in his...

4-Jul-32

This menu has a metallic green foil cover, embossed with flowers. Inside is a sheet of peach color paper, with a smaller sheet of cream colored paper over it, upon which the menu is printed in...

8-Jun-32

This menu has a metallic silver foil cover, printed in pink "Aloha Dinner, The Oceanic Steamship Co." Inside is a sheet of orange color paper, with a smaller sheet of cream colored paper over it...

Sunset's Favorite Company Dinners
1935

Recipe booklet is white paper, printed in black. It is 71 pages long, with recipes from all categories, menus, and general hints on how to prepare for various social occasions. The recipes are...

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