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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food

Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
14.46 Cubic feet (consisting of 30.5 boxes, 1 folder, 11 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Recipes
Date:
circa 1795-1970
Summary:
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
Scope and Contents:
This material consists primarily of advertising cards, bills/receipts, printed advertisements, catalogues, price lists, business cards, circulars, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, import/export documents, fruit crate and other types of labels, publications of various types and pamphlets and books from companies involved in the food industry. These businesses include manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers of food and food products, growers, commission merchants, importers and stores selling food either exclusively, as in grocery stores or food emporiums, or together with other products in general stores. The bulk of the material consists of bills and receipts and trade cards.

The large collection of fruit crate labels consists of three boxes, primarily from growers of apples and pears in the Pacific Northwest. The images on these labels range from caricatures, primarily of Indians, to lush images of the fruits being sold. There are numerous pictures depicting or related to the names of the growers or the brand name being used, such as Mountain Brand, Pyramid Brand, Eskimo Brand, a wren for F.O. Renn or a strongman for E.C. Sampson. Some of the more common images in addition to the Indians and fruit include cowboys, children, flowers, birds and river and mountain views. Several of the images and/or brand names appear on the labels of more than one company.

There are a number of publications included in the materials. There are magazines and journals, both for the trade and for the general public. There are books published about a particular type of food, often by a manufacturer or distributor of that food. There are also histories of some of the companies, usually written by or for the company. Also, in this category, are catalogs of large metropolitan food stores such as S.S. Pierce of Boston, the Joseph R. Peebles' Sons Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Park & Tilford and Francis H. Leggett, both of New York.

Materials in boxes one through eighteen are organized alphabetically by name of company. All materials relating to a particular company, with the exception of import/export documents, publications (if that is the only material) and fruit crate labels, are included with the company related materials.

Boxes eighteen through twenty-one contain the fruit crate labels. These are arranged alphabetically by company. The first folder of each letter contains labels of companies for which there is only one label. The last folder contains labels with no company name. Box twenty-two contains other food labels which are primarily from cans and jars. They are arranged alphabetically, first by type of product such as corn and corn products, ketchup, pasta and peaches, then alphabetically by company for companies with a large number of labels and lastly a folder containing labels with no company name. The labels in the product folders are arranged within the folder first alphabetically by company followed by labels with no company name.

Boxes twenty-three through twenty-seven contain import/export documents. These are also arranged alphabetically by company in the same manner as the fruit crate labels. The import/export documents are primarily from the Port of Philadelphia. The documents cover goods coming into the port on sailing ships and, starting in the 1870's, steam ships and leaving the port on rail and river conveyances. The products were imported from such places as Cuba, Antigua, Trinidad, England, Italy, Germany and Singapore and included cocoanuts, pineapples, dried fruit and nuts, macaroni, cheese, sausages, cooked meats, pickled fish, spices and coffee and tea.

Box twenty-eight contains magazines and periodicals. Some of the publications include What to Eat from 1896 and 1899, The Dietetic Gazette from 1889, Culinary Review from 1943 and Wholesale Grocer. This box also contains correspondence and order forms relating to magazines and periodicals.

Box twenty-nine contains miscellaneous food publications. These are such things as account books, articles from other publications, publications on diet and infants and children and newsletters. Box thirty contains food related publications that are published by or about specific companies for which there is no other material. Box thirty also contains material relating to food equipment and manufacturing. This is arranged initially by company and then contains folders on canning and preserving and patents. The equipment manufactured includes such things as evaporators, sorters and washers.

Box thirty-one consists of publications about specific types of food and general works. The food types include publications about such foods as asparagus, milk and rice. These folders are arranged alphabetically by food type. General works consists of material which is not, or cannot be, related to a specific company or do not fit into one of the major categories set forth above. These are: general images which are not labels, advertising cards, correspondence, food instructions, legislation, miscellaneous price lists, railroad receipts and claims, recipes, shipping and tax stamps.
Arrangement:
Food is arranged in nine subseries:

Manufacturers and Distributors of Food and Food Products

Labels

Import/Export Documents

Magazines and Periodicals

Menus

Publications

Law & Legislation

Food Types

General Works and Miscellaneous
Partial List of Company and Proprietor Names, General Materials:
American Fruit Growers Incorporated Ana-Co

Apple Growers Association

Associated Fruit Company Barnhill Fruit Company Bear Creek

Blue Mountain Fruit Exchange

Boehmer Incorporated Bolinger Orchards

Brewster Distribution Unit

Brewster-Bridgeport Growers Incorporated

Butler Trading Company Incorporated Buck Fruit Company

Casca Growers

Cascadian Fruit Shippers Incorporated

Cashmere Fruit Exchange Cashmere Fruit Growers Union Chelan Falls Orchards

Clark-Baker Company Columbia Basin Orchards Connell Brothers, Company D

Dahn, Floyd Fruits Incorporated

Davidson Fruit Company Del Rio Orchards

Denison, H.S. and Company

Denney and Company Dow Fruit Company

Duddy-Robinson Incorporated/ Thompson-Duddy-Robinson Company

Duthie and Company Earl Fruit Company

East Wenatchee Fruit Growers

Entiat Fruit Growers League

Fairview Ranch Company

Foster's, Myron Hesperian Orchards Fruitland Fruit Association

Fruit Sales Company Incorporated

Gellatly Fruit Company

Greig, W.M.-Bonanza Orchard

Growers Service Company

Hafener Fruit Company

Haskell Packing Company

Hood River Fruit Company

Hood River Produce Exchange

Independent Fruit Shippers

Jennings Fruit Company

Kelly Brothers Company Incorporated

Koon Tai and Company

Koop, The C.M. Company

Lake Chelan Fruit Growers

Lake Chelan Fruit Growers Union

Lake Entiat Growers, Incorporated

Lippmann, J & G

Lockwood, C.M.

Mad River Orchard

Malott Growers Union

Manson, A. Fruit Growers

Marsh, A.E. Company

Methow-Pateros Growers Incorporated

Mojonner & Sons

Monitor Federated Growers

Mutual Sales Agency

Nellis, F.E. & Company

North Pacific Sales Company

Northern Fruit Company

Northwest Wholesale

Northwestern Fruit Exchange

Nuchief Sales, Incorporated

Okanogan Growers Union

Olive Apple Company

Omak Sookum Growers

Oneonta Trading Corporation

Onnail Fruit Growers

Orando Community Packing

Pacific Fruit & Produce company

Paddock, C.R. & Company

Palmer Corporation

Paxton Rivers Company Incorporated

Perhann Fruit Growers

Peshastin Fruit Growers Association

Plummer & Edwins

Renn, F.O. Fruit Company

Richey & Gilbert Company

Rivers, Burnand & Rivers

Robertson, D.O.

Rock Island Unit

Ryan Fruit Company

Sampson, E.G.

Segerstrom, H.N.

Sellers, Ben F. /Spinner Fruit Corporation/Sellers & Spinner

Sgobel & Day

Sisler, J.A.

Smith & Holden

Spokane Fruit Growers Company

Stadelman Fruit Incorporated

Standfield Fruit Growers Union

Steinhardt & Kelly Incorporated

Sterlin-Slater Fruit Growers

Stratford Orchards Company

Stubbs Fruit & Storage Company

Sunnyslope Fruit Exchange

Tedford, R.A. & Company

Tonasket Federated Growers

Trunkey-Wolfe Company, Incorporated

Vernon Orchards

Wade, J.M. Fruit Company

Wagner, E. & Son

Washington Fruit & Produce Company

Weaver, C.H. & Company

Wells & Wade Company

Wenatchee Apple Land Company

Wenatchee District Co-Op Association

Wenatchee Fruit & Storage Company

Wenatchee Fruit & Warehouse Company

Wenatchee North Central Fruit Distributers

Wenatchee Produce Company

Wenatchee Valley Fruit Exchange

Wenatchee-Beebe Orchard Company

Wenatchee-Northern Warehouse and Marketing Company

Wenatchee-Okanogan Warehouse Company

Wenatchee-Skookum Growers

Western Fruit & Produce Company, Incorporated

White Brothers & Crum

Wright Fruit Company

Yakima County Horticultural Union

Yakima Fruit Growers Association

Yakima Fruit Growers Exchange
Partial List of Company and Proprietor Names, Oversize Materials:
An & Company, Shredded Coconut, Location unknown

Armour Packing Company, White Label Soups, Kansas City, MO

Atlantic Macaroni Company, Long Island City, NY

Bajata, P. and Company, Palermo, Italy

Baker-Langdon Orchard Company, Walla Walla, WA

Beamsville Preserving Company, Peerless Brand Apples, Beamsville, Ontario

Bell, William G. Company, Bell's Spiced Seasoning

Beutel, Robert Company, West Bay City, MI

Bloomfield Packaging Company, Ltd., Quaker Hand Packed Tomatoes, Standard Lombard Plums, Bloomfield, Ontario

Brandts, William Sons and Company, London, England

British Canadian Canners Limited, Britannia Brand Choice Standard Apples, Hamilton, Ontario

Burnett's Vanilla, Location unknown

Burnham & Morrill, Portland, ME

California Associated Raisin Company, Sun-Maid Raisins, Fresno, CA

California Fruit Growers Exchange, Sunkist Oranges, Chicago, IL

Campbell , Joseph Company, Campbell's Soup, Camden, NJ

Carle, John and Sons, Imperial Granum "The Great Medicinal Food", New York, NY

Cerere Macaroni, Location unknown

Clark, William, Commission Merchant, New York, NY

Colburn, A. Company, Mustard, Philadelphia, PA

Connor, John T. Company, Wholesale Grocers, Boston, MA

Cowan and Staley, Anaheim, CA

Davis, Frank E.Fish Company, Gloucester, MA

Del Monte Brand, Raisins and Dried Fruits, Location unknown

Dewey Brand, Fancy Stem-Cut Louisiana Oranges

Ferris & Caywood, "The Walter Grape", Poughkeepsie, NY

General Foods Corporation, Jell-0, La Roy, NY

Genesee Pure Food Company, La Roy, NY

Gorton-Pew Fisheries Company, Gloucester, MA

Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, New York, NY

Griffin and Skelley Company, California Raisin Packers

Gurley, R., New Milford, OH

Harriman, Charles, Curer and Wholesaler in Dry and Pickled Fish, Gloucester, MA

Hazard, E.C. and Company, Shrewsbury Brand White Cherries, Shrewsbury, NJ

Heinz, H.J. Company, Spaghetti, Tomato Ketchup, Pittsburgh, PA

Hershey Packing Company, Pioneer Brand Quick Frozen Green Peas, Seattle, WA

Illinois Canning Company, Joan of Arc Brand French Red Kidney Beans, Hoopeston, IL

Importers and Dealers in Fine Groceries Philadelphia, PA

Jersey Biscuit Company, Newark, NJ

Johnson, C.J. and Company, General Commission Merchants, Location unknown

Kensett, Thomas and Company, Oysters, Baltimore, MD

King, William, Grocer, Philadelphia, PA

Larkin Company, Grocers, Buffalo, NY

Lester, Frank, New York, NY

Libby, McNeil and Libby, Luncheon Meats, Chicago, IL

Little Gem Cream Com, Company and Location unknown

McCormick and Company, Bee and Banquet Brand Products, Importers, Exporters, and Packers, Baltimore, MD

McQuestin, G.B., Nashua , NH

Mellins Food, For Infants and Invalids, Boston, MA

Meloripe Fruit Company Boston, MA

Minnesota Valley Canning Company

Mitchell, Fletcher and Company

Montgomery Ward and Company, Chicago, IL

Natural Food Company Triscuit, Niagara Falls, NY

Niblets Brand Mexicorn and Whole Kernel Com La Sueur, MN

Northwestern Fruit Exchange Skookum Apples, Seattle, WA Peebles and White

Penguin Brand Quick Frozen French Style Green Beans Seattle, WA

People's Tea, Spice, & Baking Powder Company, Cincinnati, OH

Pomeroy English Walnut Farm Lockport, NY

Price, Joseph J., Dealer in Family Groceries, Wines, Liquors, and Imported Cigars, Albany, NY

Procter & Gamble Company Crisco, Cincinnati, OH

Rowland, James and Company Fancy Groceries, Teas, and Coffees Location unknown

Royal Cocoanut Company, New York, NY

Schepp, L. and Company Schepp's Cocoanut, New York, NY

Snow, F.H. Canning Company

Stickney & Poor's, Premium Spices and Mustards Location unknown

Stone, Arthur and Company Wholesale Grocers, New Orleans, LA

Thurber, H.K. & F.B. and Company Grocer, New York, NY

United Fruit Company Bananas, Boston, MA

Washington Dehydrated Food Company Washington Brand Dehydrated Apples Yakima, WA

Washington Frosted Foods, Inc.

Wells, Miller & Provost Wholesaler Warehouse New York, NY

Wendell, Jacob L. Pickling and Preserving Philadelphia, PA

Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants Petersburg, VA

Worth, William E. and Company Wilmington , NC

Young & Lyon, Providence, RI
Materials in the Archives Center:
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Food is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
advertising -- Confectionery  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Baking  Search this
Bakers and bakeries  Search this
Beverages  Search this
Chocolate  Search this
Coffee  Search this
Corn  Search this
Food  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Food -- United States  Search this
Meat industry  Search this
Poultry industry  Search this
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery  Search this
Salt  Search this
Seafood  Search this
Tea  Search this
Genre/Form:
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Recipes
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Food
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85e832c01-d882-4b07-9429-55ea5da89013
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food
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Francis M. Mair Papers

Donor:
Mair, LaVeda  Search this
Creator:
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)  Search this
Names:
Landor Associates  Search this
United States. Naval Training School  Search this
Landor, Walter  Search this
Extent:
56 Cubic feet (104 Boxes, 40 map-folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Beverage labels
Fruit crate labels
Labels
Place:
San Francisco (Calif.)
Date:
1935-1994
Summary:
Client files, administrative files, artwork, and collected food labels from graphic and industrial designer Francis Mair. Mair specialized in beverage labels and packaging during his many years with Landor Associates in San Francisco. Late in his career, he directed Landor's Museum of Packaging History. His prolific freelance career included designs for furniture, decorative arts, letterhead, and corporate images. His personal artwork included alphabets, typefaces, and sketchbooks. Much of his personal artwork is humorous or erotic.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists largely of client files and artwork from Mair's years with Landor Associates and his freelance design work. Mair's specialty was the design of beverage containers, labels, and packaging, and there is a significant body of material produced for West Coast and national breweries and wineries. Mair also managed Landor's Museum of Packaging Antiquities, and there are several boxes of the Museum's administrative files. Of particular interest is Mair's large collection of historical and contemporary wine, liquor, and fruit crate labels (both foreign and domestic). The labels seem to have served as an inspiration and a record of his work, as well as documentation of historical packaging for the Museum. Mair's freelance clients were diverse, though most of them were small businesses and organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to food and beverage labels, these commissions included posters, promotional materials, letterhead and personal announcements, invitations, and cards. Lastly, the collection includes personal artwork and records of entrepreneurial projects (such as the Flexigon, a flexible geometric toy).
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into eight series.

Series 1, Professional Materials, 1956-1991, undated

Series 2, Landor Associates Files, 1946-1993, undated

Series 3, Landor Museum of Packaging Antiquities, 1960-1989, undated

Series 4, Freelance Client Files, 1946-1989, undated

Series 5, United States Naval Training School, Radio Chicago, 1943-1945, undated

Sereis 6, Personal Artwork and Designs, 1935-1994, undated

Series 7, Reference Files, 1950-1985, undated

Series 8, Labels, undated
Biographical / Historical:
Francis Marion Mair was born in Streator, Illinois to Alexander Morrison Mair and Jessie C. Williams on May 5, 1916. He began his career as an artist and designer at the University of Illinois School of Design in Chicago receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 1938. That year he joined the United States Navy and where he designed visual aids for the Naval Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Even at this early stage in his career, acute design sense and humor are evident in his work. In 1949, he joined Landor Associates in San Francisco, California where he worked for forty years, retiring in 1989. At Landor, he specialized in designing packaging and labeling for beverages. He also was the director of Landor's Museum of Packaging History which shared quarters with Landor Associates on the Ferryboat Klamath. Throughout his career, Mair took on diverse freelance projects. One of his most successful was the Suva line of rattan furniture and decorative objects for Decorative Imports. Mair published articles in Advertising Age, Industrial Design, Advertising Techniques, and Wines and Vines. Mair died on April 29, 1991 in Contra Costa County, California.
Related Archival Materials:
Materials at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Industry on Parade (NMAH.AC.0507)

Reel #167, Sitting Bull's Last Stand, 1953. Peter Meindl, a German woodcarver, making cigar store wooden Indians, New Hampshire.

Walter Landor and Associates (AC0500)

NW Ayer Advertising Agenecy Records (AC0059)

Hills Bros. Coffee Company Records (AC395)

Emmett McBain Afro American Adertising Poster Collection (AC0192)

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (AC0060)

Marilyn E. Jacklear Memorial Collection of Tobacco Advertisements (AC1224)

Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project (AC0198)
Related Materials:
A glass final production version of a French's mustard jar and three hand-carved, solid-wood prototypes for this jar are in the Museum's Division of Work and Industry. These were found in Mair's home studio.
Provenance:
Collection donated by LaVeda Mair, April 23, 1996.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Copyright for a portion of the collection held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Topic:
advertising -- 20th century  Search this
Beverages -- advertising -- 1940-1990  Search this
Commercial art -- 1940-1990  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Erotica  Search this
Graphic design  Search this
Labels -- Alcoholic beverages  Search this
Labels -- Crates -- Fruit  Search this
Liquors -- advertising -- 1940-1990  Search this
Nudes  Search this
Nudity  Search this
Packaging  Search this
Rattan furniture  Search this
Toys  Search this
Wine labels  Search this
Wit and humor  Search this
Wit and humor in advertising  Search this
Genre/Form:
Beverage labels
Fruit crate labels
Labels
Citation:
Francis M. Mair Papers, 1938-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of LaVeda Mair.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0548
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Francis M. Mair Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84a770482-60c2-4ea2-adc0-0d89a54d2dc9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0548

Antique Fruit Crate Labels

Collection Donor:
Mair, LaVeda  Search this
Collection Creator:
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Bound volume of fruit crate labels probably collected for the Landor Museum of Packaging Antiquities.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Copyright for a portion of the collection held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Collection Citation:
Francis M. Mair Papers, 1938-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of LaVeda Mair.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0548, Subseries 8.6
See more items in:
Francis M. Mair Papers
Francis M. Mair Papers / Series 8: Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82bb3e979-d851-4c39-acc3-17c5484cdedb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0548-ref2256

Bound volume

Collection Donor:
Mair, LaVeda  Search this
Collection Creator:
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)  Search this
Container:
Box 79, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Copyright for a portion of the collection held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Collection Citation:
Francis M. Mair Papers, 1938-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of LaVeda Mair.
See more items in:
Francis M. Mair Papers
Francis M. Mair Papers / Series 8: Labels / 8.6: Antique Fruit Crate Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep879282f39-aff5-47d1-b6e2-9d8b03cc4aae
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0548-ref2257

Fruit crate labels

Collection Donor:
Mair, LaVeda  Search this
Collection Creator:
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)  Search this
Container:
Box 38, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1970
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Copyright for a portion of the collection held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Collection Citation:
Francis M. Mair Papers, 1938-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of LaVeda Mair.
See more items in:
Francis M. Mair Papers
Francis M. Mair Papers / Series 7: Reference Files
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86d12ee40-749c-4e1f-b715-7e6c89a5d138
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0548-ref2088

Labels

Collection Donor:
Mair, LaVeda  Search this
Collection Creator:
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes an artificial aggregation of beverage and food labels gathered by Mair during his career. While the contemporary labels seem to have been used to document, compare, and inspire his design work, the antique fruit crate labels were probably collected in conjunction with the Museum of Packaging History. This series is arranged into five subseries. Subseries 8.1 are international wine labels. Subseries 8.2 include wine labels from California vineyards. Subseries 8.3 contain international beer labels. Subseries 8.4 consists of American beer labels. Subseries 8.5 primarily consist of liquor labels with a few other products represented. Subseries 8.6 are fruit crate labels. Researchers interested in more labels should consult individual client files.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Copyright for a portion of the collection held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Collection Citation:
Francis M. Mair Papers, 1938-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of LaVeda Mair.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0548, Series 8
See more items in:
Francis M. Mair Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep839a17a23-b8ce-4909-94e7-4ca0767979fd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0548-ref2113

In Pursuit of Flavor

Written by:
Edna Lewis, American, 1916 - 2006  Search this
Published by:
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915  Search this
Illustrated by:
Louisa Jones Waller  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D (open): 8 7/16 × 13 1/8 × 9/16 in. (21.5 × 33.3 × 1.5 cm)
H x W x D (closed): 8 7/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 in. (21.5 × 16.4 × 2.5 cm)
Type:
cookbooks
Place made:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Cultural Place:
Freetown, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1988
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
Cooking and dining  Search this
Foodways  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carole Darden-Lloyd and Norman Darden
Object number:
2021.27.1ab
Restrictions & Rights:
© Edna Lewis
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52fe14f1b-aa2d-4533-80ed-163733b44b52
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.27.1ab

A-Ch

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 18, Folder 19-38
Type:
Archival materials
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep821fe0e9a-52c4-4545-af27-f083221da3de
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref100

Blank

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 45
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
Includes labels with no company name.
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fafda8be-8e37-4e96-be69-e9c8c7edbba1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref103

Cl-Ko

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 19, Folder 1-37
Type:
Archival materials
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d4106bb4-c4ac-4c7b-aa67-bcbff717a8e1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref43

L-Ry

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 20, Folder 1-40
Type:
Archival materials
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84440e43e-6de0-4ea9-808a-36b07b703b17
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref44

S-Y

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8da513751-06ff-4f89-83ea-efdfb4b67869
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref45

Fruit Crate Labels

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
127 Items (Ink on paper., 10.5" x 8.8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Labels
Pears
Fruit crate labels
Place:
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Washington -- Yakima
Scope and Contents:
Fruit Crate Labels for apples, pears and rhubarb. Includes the companies: A.E. Marsh Co.; American Fruit Growers, Inc.; Apple Growers Association; Barnhill Fruit Co.; Brewester-Bridgeport Growers, Inc.; Buena Packing and Supply Co.; C.M. Holtzinger; C.M. Kopp Company; C.M. Lockwood; C.R. Paddock & Co.; Cascade Fruit Company; Clark-Baker Co.; Colonial Fruit Co.; Columbia Basin Orchards; Cresent Bar; D.O. Robertson Co.; Davidson Fruit Co.; Davis Fruit Co.; Decatur Orchard Company; Denney & Co.; Dennis Kimbrell & Pope, Inc.; Duddy-Robinson Inc.; E.M. King; Earl Fruit Company; East Wematchee Fruit Growers; Edward A. Bannister Pyramid Orchards; Edwin E. Stark, Inc.; Entiat Fruit Growers League; F.E. Nellis & Co.; Fancy Yakima Valley Fruit; Farmers Cash Produce Co.; Farwest Fruit Co.; Floyd Dahn Fruits, Inc.; Fruit Sales Co. Inc.; Furry Fruit & Produce Co.; Gellatly Fruit Co.; Grand Coulee; Greenwood & Anderson, Inc.; Growers Service Company; Guy W. Connor; H.E. Davison Co.; H.H. Weatherspoon; H.M. Segerstrom; H.S. Denison & Co.; Hafener Fruit Co.; Hays Fruit Co.; Heller Bros. Co. Inc.; Hood River Produce Exchange; J. & G. Lippmann; J.A. Sisler Company; J.M. Palmer; J.M. Perry & Co., Inc.; J.M. Thorniley & Son; Joseph Northwest; Justman Frankenthal Co.; Kelly Bros. Co, Inc; Kennewick Richland Marketing Union; Koon Tai & Co.; Krass-Joseph Inc.; Lake Chelan Fruit Growers; Liberty Orchards Co.; Malboeuf-Kimball Co.; Milton Fruit Growers Union; Mutual Sales Agency; Nampa Packing Company; North Pacific Sales Co.; Northwest Fruit Distributors; Omak Fruit Growers; Omak Skookum Growers; Pacific Fruit & Produce Co.; Paradise-Wenathee Orchard Co.; Paul McKercher; Perham Fruit Company; Phipps Orchards Co.; Pike & Blood; Robert J. Graham; Rogue River Valley Fruits; Ryan Fruit Co.; Schmidt Lithd Co.; Sellers & Spinner Inc.; Smith & Holden Distributors; Spinner Fruit Corporation; Spokane Fruit Growers Co.; Steinhardt & Kelly Inc.; Stratford Orchards Co.; Stubbs Fruit & Storage Co.; Thompson-Duddy-Robinson Co.; W.A. Darling & Company; W.B. Clafke Co.; W.G. Hopson Orchards; Washington Berry Growers Association; Washington Fruit & Produce Co.; Washington Fruit Distributing Co., Inc.; Wenatchee Federated Growers; Wenatchee Produce Co.; Wenatchee-Northern Warehouse & Marketing Co.; Western Fruit & Produce Company, Inc.; White Bros. & Crum Co.; Wilson Orchard Co.; WM Joseph Sons Inc.; Wright Fruit Co.; Yakima County Horticultural Union; Yakima Fruit Growers Association; Yakima Fruitgrowers Exchange.
Brands include: All American; All Good; America's Delight; Anaco; Apple Lane; Bar-None; Big "K"; Bloomvale; Blue Diamond; Blue Domino; Blue Ensign; Blue Flag; Blue Goose; Blue Jay; Blue Larkspur; Blue Ribbon; Blue Seal; Blue Stripe; Blue Z; Bo-Peep; Boy Blue; Brownie; Buckaroo; Buena; Bulls Eye; Capitol; Carriage Trade; Cashmere; C-Grade; Chief Joseph; Clipper Ship; Cockatoo; Cottontail; Cracker-Jack; Crescent Bar; D.O.R.; Dainty Maid; Davidson's Excelsior; Decatur; Del Rio Orchard; DeLuxe; Denison's Crest; Diamond "G"; Don't Worry; Dorthy Love; Drake; Eclipse; Electric; Elite; Ensign; Eskimo; Fairy; Fruit Vale; Fulworth; Gilt Edge; Glen Rosa; Gobbler; Gold Crest; Gold Crow; Golden Rod; Good Buy; Grand Coulee Apples; Gro-S-Co; Hafener; Harvest Moon; Haysmark; Headline; HHH; Hood River; Hopson's; Idaho-Oregon; Independent; Jim Dandy; J-M-T; John Bull; Jo-Jo; K-B; Kettle; K-R; L; Lake Chelan; Lola; Martha Washington; Monitor; Mountain; Mountain Gem; Mountain Goat; Musage; Mapa; Newtown Pippins; Northwest; Old King Cole; Omak; Oregon Girl; Over The Top; P.H.P.; Pacific; Palisade Apples; Paradise; Parrot; Peacock; Perry's Pears; Piper; Potlatch; Primrose; Princess Angeline; Puppy; Pussy; Pyramid; Red Crow; Red Diamond; Red Domino; Red Ensign; Red Flag; Red Head; Red Ribbon; Red Rooster; Redskin; R-G; Rhubarb; Rising Sun; Ritebake; Rogue River; Rose; Ruby; Sails; Sapphire; Selah; Sellers; Service; Shamrock; Silver Spur; Skookum; Snoboy; Sno-Kist; Snow Crest; Snow Shoe; Spinner; Spitzenbergs; Square Deal; Stanfield; Stubbs Select; Sunset; Sure Hit; SV; Swan; Sweetheart; T.D.; T.D.R.; Tepee; Trout; Try One; Tulip; Tyee; Uncle Tom's; Violet; Washington; Western; White Crow; White Diamond; White Maltese Cross; White Ribbon; Y; Yak-Pak; Yellowstone Trail
General:
In Boxes 18, 19, 20 and 21
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Fruit  Search this
Apples  Search this
Genre/Form:
Labels
Pears
Fruit crate labels
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8658a24a0-28ac-4ad0-9096-df2aa4de3dc4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref720

Selah Fruit Growers, Inc.

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1923
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep807ee56fd-b140-40b6-8355-bb5ed064887d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref721

Selah Vista Brand

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1915
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e2f7af81-e0e6-46c5-ad97-80f04988a41c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref722

Schons Fruit Company

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f2f86880-25d0-4f21-b2a2-505263d90a11
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref723

Scuttonia Brand

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep800f20700-5ce5-4e4a-b451-663b0f7c021e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref724

Sacramento River Association (Hustler Brand)

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8db7a44ae-dff1-44a9-b508-0957f1b4c5cb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref725

C.E. Sonney and Son

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87c0741fe-185c-4fd5-b3fe-dbfc2b0369c9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref726

Spokane Valley Growers Union

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Container:
Box 21, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Food / Labels / Fruit Crate Labels / S-Y
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88aa760ff-fc66-4144-bf11-59f82453bbe3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-food-ref727

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