Food and Drink

"Meal Ticket, good only at Circle Bar, 9th & Bingaman Sts., Reading, Penna., Walter (Shag) Bialy, prop. $5.50 value, price $5.00. 5, 10, 25, 50."

An early label for Dwight's Cow Brand Soda.

Printed on light paper. Possibly intended for use as a label.

"H. & H. Restaurant. Food that's deliciously different. Something superior for your interior. Beers and wines. 1364 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, Florida. Phone 3-9469. The right place to eat."

"C. C. Armbruster, restaurant and lager beer saloon, no. 41 South Sixth St., three doors south of Hamilton St., Allentown, Pa." A Victorian-era advertising trade card.

"I like pie better than anything else, excepting you." From someone's Grandma Wellmor, 1912.

"H. J. Heinz Company, Main Plant and General Offices, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. Pure Food Products, Heinz 57 Varieties. The house in which we began, 1869." An advertising postcard, ca. 1900s-1910s, published by the H. J. Heinz Company , a food processing company known for its ketchup and more than 57 Varieties of other products.

A cheesy contribution to the Incredibly Boring Postcards group. Printed on the back of this postcard: "The Alpine Cheese Factory Viewing Center at 'Ohio's Showplace of Cheesemaking,' Alpine-Alpa, U.S. Route 62 S.W., Wilmot, Ohio." I had a chance to visit Alpine-Alpa some years ago (picked up this postcard there, but didn't get any photos, doggone it). This place has since closed, unfortunately, and the World's Largest Cuckoo Clock , another attraction at this cheesy place, was recently relocated to the nearby town of Sugarcreek, Ohio.

One in a series of baseball-themed advertising trade cards published in 1887 by Tobin, this card featured a caricature of Charlie Ferguson, who was a well-regarded pitcher for the Philadelphia Quakers team. Sadly, it turned out that 1887 was the final season that Ferguson played--he died from typhoid fever in April 1888. -------- "Philadelphia. 'Not Onto It.' (Ferguson.) Tobin N.Y." "A. W. Schrader, manufacturer of all kinds of mineral waters, also bottler of lager and porter. Private families supplied at short notice. 726 and 728 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa. Telephone connection."

"Henry Felix & Co., manufacturers and dealers in fine confections, ice cream, cakes, and fruits, 10 N. Market Square, Harrisburg. . . . M. F. Tobin, N.Y. Scheffer, job printer, Harrisburg." A stock Victorian-era advertising trade card produced by New York lithographer M. F. Tobin in 1881. Theodore F. Scheffer, a local Harrisburg printer, added the information for Henry Felix and Company. See below for some other amusing and interesting trade cards.

Handwritten message on the back of this real photo postcard: "This is the table where we had a many good meal those ten days. The lady at the end was a visitor. She brought 1 gal. of ice cream along." The seven Raise 'ell campers and a visitor are seated around the table where they had "a many good meal" during their stay. Perhaps they're eating the ice cream that the woman at right brought with her. Next to her are two milk cans, which were probably used to store water. The stream that's visible In the background is Wills Creek , which is still a popular fly-fishing destination today. Is that a Buster Brown outfit that the boy is wearing in this photo and the previous one ?

"W. A. King. D. R. King. W. A. King & Co. Columbia Steam Cracker and Biscuit Bakery, Nos. 169, 171, and 173 Locust St., Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa. Bakers of large and small steam pretzels. Presented by ________." Daniel R. King and his son William A. King operated a bakery in nineteenth-century Columbia, Pennsylvania, when steam power was the cutting-edge technology and Victorian typefaces were in vogue.

"Tax Paid Stamp for Uncolored Oleomargarine, Series of 1931. 12 oleomargarine. Acts Aug. 2, 1886, May 9, 1902, and March 4, 1931. Tax one-fourth cent per lb. United States Internal Revenue."

Written on the back of this photo: "Dennis & Little Francis. Thanksgiving."

"Campfire. The original food. Marshmallow and creme recipes. Campfire makes so many things just perfect! Campfire Marshmallow Creme. The Campfire Company. Campfire Marshmallows. The original food. Family package. Guaranteed fresh." The front and back covers of a small recipe booklet. To see the entire booklet, including the inside pages, take a look at Campfire marshmallow and creme recipes, ca. 1910s , which is part of the Szathmary Recipe Pamphlets collection at the Iowa Digital Library .