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- Check out this collection of vintage ads from DuPont encouraging customers to associate cellophane-wrapped foods with ideals of cleanliness. [1 of 3]
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today’s Very Short List: food 17 Aug 2012
by Cory Bernat, the food historian, designer, and curator behind the war-era food-poster exhibit “When Beans Were Bullets.” WEBSITE TWITTER
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- The Syracuse University Library’s Plastics Collection houses lots of food-storage containers; it’s valuable to me as a researcher, and visually delightful. [2 of 3]
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- And this archive of condiments is searchable by sauce type. Ketchup packets have influenced our expectations for single-serving convenience. [3 of 3]
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- Images (in order): ad via Hagley Digital Archives; photos via Syracuse University Library’s Plastics Collection; image via the Condiment Package Gallery.
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