James Cash Penney: An Indefatigable Salesman
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A look at two articles that provide some insight on the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
Category: Biography
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s L’Aérophile! Recording Women’s Mark on Early Flight
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
A look at some of the women featured in the Science Section's L’Aerophile special collection, an archival set on early aviation.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Biography, Women's History
Playing Ketchup: A Condiment and the Pure Food Movement
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today, our beloved bottles of ketchup are consistent and shelf-stable thanks to the work of Katherine and Arvill Bitting who examined over 1,600 bottles of ketchup, visited 40 canneries producing tomato pulp, and toured 20 ketchup factories to come up with a method to make a safe and preservative-free ketchup.
Posted in: Biography, Cookbooks and Food, Rare Books and Special Collections, Science, Women's History