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The cover of an issue of the Boston Cooking School Magazine: the stylized figure of a woman in a red gown cooing over achafing dish
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  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
Diverse City - National Women's History Month
American Culinary History materials are full of representations of women and femininity These images are occasionally realistic, often absolute fantasy, and and sometimes somewhere in between.
African American woman holding a frying pan
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  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
Diverse City - African American History Month
One thread that runs through Southern cookbooks is the figure of the African American in the kitchen.
Mother and child with a loaf of bread, in an style that draws both from Art Deco and Art Nouveau
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  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
Diverse City: Images of Children and Childhood
American Culinary History materials are full of representations of children and childhood: sometimes realistic, sometimes wholly fantastical, with adults present or without them.
Image of Eve picking an apple from a Jell-O advertisement
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  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
Diverse City: Jell-0
Early 20th century advertising materials for Jell-O contain striking representations of age, race, class, gender, nationality, regionality, and other vectors of identity; whether self-defined or other-imposed. In January, we’ll unveil a digital exhibit, guest curated by Dr. Nicole Tarulevicz, on depictions of the exotic in early 20th century Jell-O advertising. There will be an exhibit opening and reception, with a talk by Dr. Tarulevicz, January 12th, 4:30-6pm, in the Hatcher Gallery
Cover image from Hijos De Zapata publication
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  • Anne Elias
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Don't miss the Hispanic Heritage Month digital exhibit on display, October 5 through October 12, in Bert's Study Lounge in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library showcasing images from materials found in the Special Collections Library.