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About the Exhibition

The Exhibition

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On April 6, 1917, America entered the First World War, a war that had been raging since 1914. The United States government realized that the success of the war effort depended on contributions from the homefront. This global conflict…
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Saturday-Sunday, March 11-12, 2017 Citizen Artists: World War I and the Creative Economy Symposium Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 118 North Broad Street Saturday March 11, 9am – 5pm Sunday March 12, 10am – 1pm $50…
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Food Conservation During WWI

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Food Will Win the War Eat local, meatless Mondays, go wheatless, more fruits and vegetables, less white sugar— many of the things we hear a lot about today Americans did during the First World War.  The United States Food Administration,…
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WWI Test Kitchen

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The Recipes This project was foremost about food conservation in the United States during World War I. We wanted the WWI Test Kitchen to reflect the changes Americans made in their daily meals, what was considered healthy at the time, as…
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Apple Brown Betty

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Place alternate layers of chopped juicy apples and browned bread crumbs in greased baking dish having some crumbs on the bottom. Add cinnamon and a little molasses or syrup to each layer of apples. Pour 2 cups of hot water evenly over all.…
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Sweet Potato Gingerbread

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Cream brown sugar and butter substitute together; add the molasses and the eggs, stiffly beaten. Sift the flour, soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon, and add alternately with the milk. Last add the hot sweet potato, which has been pressed…
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Bean Loaf

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Combine ingredients in the order given and shape into a loaf. Cover with bread crumbs and bake for thirty minutes. Serve with tomato sauce. Source:  Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, War-Time: Cook and Health Book (Lynn, MA, 1917).…
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Cottage-Cheese Sausage

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Mix all the dry ingredients thoroughly with the bread crumbs. Blend the peanut butter and onion with the cheese and mix them with the bread crumbs. Form into flat cakes, dust with bread crumbs or corn meal, and fry a delicate brown in a…
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About the Curators

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Sarah Weatherwax, Curator of Prints & Photographs, printroom@librarycompany.org Sarah Weatherwax has worked at the Library Company of Philadelphia since 1993, serving as Curator of Prints and Photographs since 1996. She received…