Nahum (Nach) Waxman Collection of Food and Culinary Trade Cards
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The Nahum (Nach) Waxman Collection of Food and Culinary Trade Cards documents the history of food and household product industries through trade ephemera and advertising cards dating from the 1860s to the 1990s. It contains mainly trade cards, along with food labels, menus, advertising samples, culinary-themed print materials, and ephemera related to food, culinary, beverages, household and equipment, retail, agriculture, cigarettes and more. The collection also offers insight into historical food marketing, consumer trends, and cultural representations of food products. Includes materials from Jewish businesses, Chinese advertising cards, and Black representation, some with racist and offensive imagery.
Dates
- circa 1850-1900.
Creator
- Waxman, Nahum (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Nahum (Nach) Waxman (1937-2021) was a collector of food and culinary cookbooks, trade cards and ephemera. In 1983, he opened the New York City bookstore Kitchen Arts and Letters, specializing in cookbooks, gastronomy, and food-related books and magazines from around the world. His collection spans over a century of promotional materials related to food, beverages, and household products, reflecting his deep interest in the visual and cultural history of food and drink. The materials assembled by Waxman include advertising samples, menus, and thousands of trade cards from a wide range of food-related industries and communities, including Jewish businesses and more.
Extent
4.2 cubic feet. (4.2 cubic feet)
Abstract
The Nahum (Nach) Waxman Collection of Food and Culinary Trade Cards documents the history of food and household product industries through trade ephemera and advertising cards dating from the 1860s to the 1990s. It contains mainly trade cards, along with food labels, menus, advertising samples, culinary-themed print materials, and ephemera related to food, culinary, beverages, household and equipment, retail and commercial, agriculture, cigarettes, and more. The collection also offers insight into historical food marketing, consumer trends, and cultural representations of food products, including materials from Jewish businesses, Chinese cards, and examples of Black representations including racist imagery.
Arrangement
Physical arrangement by donor. Intellectually arranged in alphabetical order.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Agriculture
Series II. Baking
Series III. Baking: Flours and Milling
Series IV. Baking: Rising Agents
Series V. Beverages: Nonalcoholic
Series VI. Beverages: Fermented and Distilled
Series VII. Beverages: Coffee
Series VIII. Beverages: Tea
Series IX. Candy and Other Confections
Series X. Chocolate
Series XI. Condiments
Series XII. Dairy Products
Series XIII. Extracts (Nutritional)
Series XIV. Fats and Oils
Series XV. Fish and Seafood
Series XVI. Flavorings
Series XVII. Fruit and Fruit Products
Series XVIII. Gelatin and Gelatin Products
Series XIX. Grocery Stores I
Series XX. Household: Kitchen Equipment and Tableware
Series XXI. Household: Maintenance
Series XXII. Ice Cream
Series XXIII. Meat
Series XXIV. Mince Meat and Plum Pudding
Series XXV. Medicinals
Series XXVI. Preserves, Extracts, Dried Fruits, Juices, Syrups
Series XXVII. Restaurants
Series XXVIII. Scent
Series XXIX. Scrapbook of Assorted Trade Cards
Series XXX. Seed and Nut Foods
Series XXXI. Soup
Series XXXII. Starch
Series XXXIII. Stoves
Series XXXIV. Thurbers'
Series XXXV. Vegetable People
Series XXXVI. Water and Ice
Physical Description
Printed Materials.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- October 2018
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, October 2018
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, October 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- October 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu