Contents

• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• SERIES LIST
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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Nahum (Nach) Waxman Collection of Food and Culinary Trade Cards, circa 1850-1900.
Collection Number: 8573

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Agriculture
Box 1		Farming Equipment
Box 1		General
Box 1		Mowers and Harvesters
Box 1		Binders
Box 1		Plows
Box 1		Furnaces and Boilers
Box 1		Nails
Box 1		Fencing
Box 1		Other Farm Equipment
Box 1		Fertilizers
Box 1		Animal Seed
Box 1		Seed
		Baking
Box 2		Grains
Box 2		Corn
Box 2		Oats
Box 2		Farinose, Avena
Box 2		Wheat
Box 2		Grain-Based Breakfast Foods
Box 2		Breakfast Cereals
Box 2		Pancakes and Waffles
		Baking: Flours and Milling
Box 3		Wheat Flour
Box 3		Buckwheat Flour
Box 3		Flour Dealers
		Baking: Rising Agents
Box 4		Baking Soda and Baking Powder (A-H)
Box 5		Baking Soda and Baking Powder (I-Z)
Box 6		Yeast
Box 6		Fleischmann
Box 6		Other Yeast Brands
Box 7		Bakeries
Box 7		Bakery Products
Box 7		Bread
Box 7		Cakes
Box 7		Biscuits (Cookies and Crackers)
		Beverages: Nonalcoholic
Box 8		Sodas, Tonics, Phosphates
		Beverages: Fermented and Distilled
Box 8		Whiskies, Brandies, Cordials, Allied Beverages
Box 8		Beer, Ale, Cider
Box 8		Wines,
Box 8		Still Wines
Box 8		Sparkling Wines, Champagne
Box 8		Alcoholic Beverage Sellers
Box 8		Bars, Sampling Rooms, Taverns, Alehouses, and Other Drinking Establishments
Box 8		Retail and Wholesale Dealers
		Beverages: Coffee
Box 9		Coffee
Box 9		Coffee Brands
Box 9		Coffee and Tea Dealers
Box 9		Coffee Substitutes
Box 10		Arbuckle/Ariosa Coffee
		Beverages: Tea
Box 11		Tea Brands
Box 11		Tea Houses and Tea Stores
		Candy and Other Confections
Box 32		Candy and Confectionary Shops
Box 32		Chewing Gum
		Chocolate
Box 33		Chocolate and Chocolate Producers
Box 33		Cocoa
Box 34		Stollwerck's Group 1-175
Box 35		Stollwerck's Group 176-496
Box 36		Poulain Chocolate Sets
		Scope and Contents This box contains a number of full and partial card sets for Chocolat Poulain.
		Condiments
Box 12		Sauces, Dressings, Mustards, Ketchups
		Dairy Products
Box 12		Milk and Butter, Cheese, Cream, Dairy Stores
Box 12		Condensed Milk
		Extracts (Nutritional)
Box 12		Dairy-Based Extracts
Box 12		Grain-Based Extracts
Box 12		Imperial Granum
Box 12		Mellin's
Box 12		Ridge's
Box 12		Wells Richardson
Box 12		Other Grain-Based Extracts
Box 13		Meat-Based Extracts
Box 13		Liebig Extracts
		Fats and Oils
Box 14		Butter Substitutes and Shortenings
Box 14		Lard
Box 14		Fairbanks
Box 14		Naphey's
Box 14		Oils
Box 14		Olive Oil
Box 14		Vegetable Oils
		Fish and Seafood
Box 15		Fish
Box 15		Clams
Box 15		Lobsters
Box 15		Oysters and Oyster Houses
Box 15		Fishmongers, Seafood Dealers
		Flavorings
Box 16		Spices and Flavoring Extracts
Box 17		Salt
Box 17		Sweeteners
Box 17		Sugars
Box 17		Syrups
Box 17		Honey
Box 17		Vinegars
Box 17		Alden's
Box 17		Other Vinegar Brands
		Fruit and Fruit Products
Box 18		Preserves, Extracts, Dried Fruits, Juices, Syrups
		Gelatin and Gelatin Products
Box 18		Jell-O
Box 18		Other Gelatin Brands
		Grocery Stores I
Box 19		Independent Grocers
Box 20		Chain Grocers
Box 20		Grand Union Tea Co.
Box 20		Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A & P)
Box 20		Great Japan and London Tea Co.
Box 20		Great London Tea Co.
Box 20		Union Pacific Tea Co.
		Household: Kitchen Equipment and Tableware
Box 21		Small Appliances and Kitchen Tools
Box 21		Stoves
Box 21		Iceboxes and Refrigerators
Box 21		Ironware
Box 21		Tableware
		Household: Maintenance
Box 22		Clothing Care
Box 22		Laundry Soap
Box 22		Clothes Wringers
Box 22		Irons
Box 22		Laundry Starch
Box 22		Sewing Machines
Box 22		Dyes
Box 22		Lawn Care
Box 22		Cleansing Agents
Box 22		Soaps, Solvents, Polishes
		Ice Cream
Box 22		Ice Cream Shops and Parlors
Box 22		Ice Cream Freezers and Other Equipment
		Meat
Box 23		Canned Meats
Box 23		Fairbank
Box 23		Hammond
Box 23		Libby, McNeill & Libby
Box 23		St. Louis Beef
Box 23		Wilson's Beef
Box 23		Other Canned Meat Brands
Box 23		Preserved Meat Products
Box 23		Cured Hams, Sausages, Luncheon Meats
Box 24		Meat Retail Shops (Butchers)
Box 24		Meat Packers and Wholesalers
Box 24		Libby, McNeill & Libby
Box 24		St. Louis Beef
Box 24		Swift & Company
Box 24		Other Meat Packers
		Mince Meat and Plum Pudding
Box 24		Atmore's
Box 24		Other Mince Meat Brands
		Medicinals
Box 25		Remedies and Other Medicinal Products (A-J)
Box 25		Ayer's
Box 25		Carter's
Box 25		Hood's
Box 25		Horsford's
Box 25		Other Remedies and Other Medicinal Products
Box 26		Remedies and Other Medicinal Products (K-Z)
Box 26		Lydia Pinkham's
Box 26		Remedies and Other Medicinal Products
Box 26		Hair Care
Box 26		Dental Care
		Preserves, Extracts, Dried Fruits, Juices, Syrups
Box 27		Pickles and Relishes
Box 27		Sweet Conserves
		Scope and Contents For additional fruit preserves, see Box 18.
Box 27		Canned Products and Canning
		Restaurants
Box 27		Restaurants, Lunch Rooms, Dining Rooms, Coffee Rooms, Ladies' Lunch Rooms, Cafes, Coffee Saloons, Pavilions, Dining Parlors, Dining and Oyster Saloons, and Other Dining Establishments
Box 28		Scent
Box 37		Scrapbook of Assorted Trade Cards
Box 28		Seed and Nut Foods
Box 28		Coconuts
Box 28		Peanuts and Tree Nuts
Box 28		Soup
		Starch
		Scope and Contents From donor: This category unavoidably merges alimentary starches, used in cooking, and laundry starches, used in ironing. Nearly ever manufacturer produced both of these products, and much of their advertising promotes brand rather than one or the other type of starch.
Box 28		Alimentary and Laundry Starch
		Stoves
		Scope and Contents From donor: This category merges two pieces of equipment that were distinguished in the 19th and early 20th centuries -- stoves, primarily for heating, and ranges, used primarily for cooking.
Box 29		Wood and Coal Stoves (A-J)
Box 30		Wood and Coal Stoves (K-Z)
Box 30		Oil and Gas Stoves
Box 30		Stove Accessories
Box 30		Stove Linings
Box 30		Stove Polishes
Box 30		Stove Dealers
Box 31		Thurbers'
		Scope and Contents From donor: This is a brand name, the only one given its own place in this list of categories. Thurbers', one of the leading users of handsomely designed trade cards, was the brand of H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co., founded in 1875 and known after 1884 as Thurber, Whyland, & Co. A world-known company, with branches in London and Bordeaux, it produced and distributed a wide variety of goods, ranging from canned fruits, vegetables, and meat to soaps, coffee, dairy goods, and flavoring extracts.
Box 31		Vegetable People
		Scope and Contents From donor: A special design category, cutting across a wide variety of subjects. Popular from the early days of American trade cards, these caricatures employ the images of vegetables or fruit to which are added arms, legs, and facial features to portray humanlike figures. They remain a favorite of collections.
Box 31		Water and Ice