#archivespotluck

[hagleyvault]

“I see, I feel, and I would speak, but my mouth is full of Libby, McNeill, & Libby’s Cooked Corned Beef.” We’ve all been there. 

This circa 1900 trade card is from 1992.229, Advertising Card Collection, in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

[librarycompany]

We found three little kittens to help us with this week’s #ArchivesPotluck contribution!

These late 19th-century trade cards advertise Philadelphia baker H. Degenhardt, who was located at 2233 North Front Street.

From the Berman Collection of Philadelphia Trade Cards. P.2015.56.20-203

[todaysdocument]

It’s #NationalSandwichDay!

"It's not the sandwich but the smile that goes with it" said the American soldier in front of A.R.C. line of communication canteen at Dijon. Miss Field, Directrice of the canteen is shown in the center of the photograph.

File Unit: American Red Cross - "Second Aid", 1917 - 1918.  Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952

You’re invited to the @usnatarchives’ Archives Hashtag Party! Come hang out on social media and explore highlights from archival collections around a different theme each month. This month’s theme is #ArchivesPotluck!  Check out the archives, libraries, galleries, and museums participating so far.

[biodivlibrary]

We're joining the #ArchivesPotluck with some delicious #grapes (Vitis vinifera) from The Illustrated Botany (1846-47) edited by John B. Newman, Contributed for digitization by the United States Geological Survey Libraries Program (@usgs) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39683240 _________________________________________________ #ArchivesHashtagParty #Grapes #Potluck #Fruit #Botany #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #USGS

[fordlibrarymuseum]

Not sure what to bring to an #ArchivesPotluck? The Republican Congressional Cookbook has plenty of ideas!

Congressman Gerald R. Ford’s office provided copies of this cookbook to his constituents in the early 1960s. According to the preface, it “contains what the editors consider the finest fare from each of the 50 States.” From pancakes to sweet and savory pies, there’s a recipe for practically every meal.

Get the story behind, and the recipe for, the bean soup served in the House of Representatives Restaurant:

The cookbook contains a wide variety of regional cuisines. Senator Hiram L. Fong of Hawaii contributed this recipe for Chicken Luau:

Looking to indulge a sweet tooth? Take advantage of the autumn harvest and try the Hoosier Apple Cake:

The first Friday of each month the @usnatarchives hosts an Archives Hashtag Party exploring highlights from archival collections around a different theme. Come hang out on social media with all of the archives, libraries, galleries, and museums participating so far. We hope you’ll bring something to share for November’s #ArchivesPotluck, too!

[librarycompany]

We are excited to share our first contribution to this month’s #ArchivesPotluck challenge: the Tart of Medlers from A Book of Fruits & Flovvers (London, 1653). The recipe reads:

Take medlers that be rotten, and stamp them, and set them upon a chafin-dish with coales, and beat in two yolks of eggs, boyling till it be somewhat thick, then season it with sugar, cinamon, and ginger, and lay it in paste.

Medlars are a fruit resembling a large rose hip that appear to be rotten when they are ready to eat. Their flavor and texture have been compared to apple butter. 

Have you ever tried a medlar?

A book of fruits & flovvers. Shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine.  London : printed by M.S. for Tho. Jenner at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, London, 1653. [2], 49, [1] p. :  ill. ;  4⁰.

[richardnixonlibrary]

#FridayFeeling and #ArchivesPotluck Let's toast to the fact it's FRIDAY! (Image: WHPO-8555-09A)