ISBN:
0520947061
,
9780520947061
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (319 Seiten)
Series Statement:
California studies in food and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Weaver, William Woys Culinary Ephemera : An Illustrated History
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Culinary Ephemera
DDC:
741.609041
Keywords:
Geschichte 1880-1950
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Cooking, American / History
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Dinners and dining / History
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Food habits / History
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Printed ephemera / Food
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Fine Arts
;
Social Science
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Paper Ephemera
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DESIGN / Clip Art
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DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Branding & Logo Design
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DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate
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DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration
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HISTORY / Social History
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Geschichte
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Printed ephemera Food
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Food habits History
;
Cooking, American History
;
Dinners and dining History
;
Werbegrafik
;
Gebrauchsgrafik
;
Nahrung
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USA
;
Nahrung
;
Gebrauchsgrafik
;
Geschichte 1880-1950
;
USA
;
Werbegrafik
;
Geschichte 1880-1950
Description / Table of Contents:
Culinary Ephemera; CONETNTS; PREFACE: Seduced by Yum-Yum; INTRODUCTION: Why Culinary Ephemera?; 1 Almanacs and Calendars; 2 Americans Abroad; 3 Beer, Wine, and Other Drinking Ephemera; 4 Broadsides, Handbills, and Posters; 5 Brochures and Advertising Literature; 6 Business Cards; 7 Diet and Health; 8 Labels; 9 Match Covers; 10 Menus; 11 Postcards; 12 Recipe Books and Product Pamphlets; 13 Sheet Music; 14 Stoves, Canning, and Cooking Classes; 15 Trade Cards; 16 Valentines and Mottos; 17 Wrappers and Packaging; 18 Wild Cards; EPILOGUE: The Legacy of Yum-Yum; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Description / Table of Contents:
This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs, appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination, features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. It includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Internationally acclaimed food historian William Woys Weaver takes us on a lively tour through this dazzling collection in which each piece tells a new story about food and the past. Packed wit
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