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Don't See It: Big Thing Big Thing

Date: 1861
Description: A large dog, (Winfield Scott), and a smaller dog (Jefferson Davis) discussing a piece of meat, (Washington D.C.). Perhaps a comment on the insignificance o...
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Why Don't You Take It?

Date: 1860
Description: A large bulldog, (Winfield Scott), and a small whippet dog, (Jefferson Davis), face each other over a rack of ribs, (Washington D.C.). The bulldog is weari...
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Cudahy Brothers Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cudahy Brothers Company, a meat packer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a color image of a package of meat hanging from a hook on a wall, ...
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Historyland's Logging Camp Cook Shanty Menu

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Description: Menu of daily meat specials under the heading "Come And Get It!" from the Logging Camp Cook Shanty restaurant at Historyland. On the left is a black and wh...
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Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: First and last pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
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Schlitz Hotel Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

Date: 11 29 1906
Description: Front cover and menu pages of the a la carte and table d'hote options for Thanksgiving dinner at the Schlitz Hotel, with a boy wearing only a chef's hat an...
Historical Object

119 - Joy Camps Directors and Chief Whirling Thunder

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one photograph Barbara Ellen Joy, camp owner and co-director, cooks over a large grill are...
Historical Object

Joy Camps Hiawatha Pageant

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs and a homemade, pageant program. Includes scenes from the Hiawatha Pageant that campers...
Photograph

Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A student judges meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma State University took first place and...
Photograph

Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A student using his hat to deflect light while judging meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma...
Photograph

Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A Texas student inspecting meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition.
Photograph

Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 26 1961
Description: Two students judging meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma State University took first place...
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Rennebohm Menu

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Description: Front cover and interior pages of menu from Rennebohm's. The front cover features a wood-grain background with a silhouette of a cup of coffee. Interior pa...
Poster

Eat More Corn, Oats and Rye Products

Date: 1917
Description: Poster urging food conservation depicting a variety of acceptable foods arranged on a table. The rest of the text reads: "Fish and poultry — fruits, vegeta...
Poster

Cardinal Mercier

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with a head and shoulders illustration of Cardinal Mercier wearing a red robe. Text reads: "Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration...

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