NATIONAL JELLO DAY!
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
Happy National JELLO Day! OF COURSE we have JELLO-related records! Isn't the National Archives what you first think of when you hear the word JELLO?
JELLO IN SPACE
STS-99 Pilot Dominic Pudwill Gorie (L) and Mission Specialist Mamoru Mohri conduct Jello demo on the Endeavour's flight deck, 3/30/2000. NARA ID 75736665.
JELLO IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Bess Truman's Bing Cherry JELLO Mould Salad. Truman Library, NARA ID 139308780.
Mamie Eisenhower's Honeydew Melon, JELLO-filled and Frosted Eisenhower Library, NARA ID 6257007.
JELLO IN COURT
Gov't Exhibit 33 from U.S. vs. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg and Morton. Facsimile Jell-O box was introduced by the prosecution to represent the recognition signal supposedly devised by Julius Rosenberg for David and Ruth Greenglass and Harry Gold. NARA ID 278774.
See Fat Man, Little Boy, A Packet of Jell-O, Pieces of History. Excerpt: "Like a “Best Friends” necklace, pieces of the Jell-O box could be matched, and the spies would be able to confirm their identities."
