Linda August, Curator of Arts and Artifacts and co-curator of the Library Company’s exhibit, Together We Win: The Philadelphia Homefront during the First World War, was inspired by food during her WWI research. Many of the recipes she found include the use of corn products, as well as alternatives to wheat flour and animal-based proteins and fats.

Together with Digital Outreach Librarians, Concetta Barbera and Arielle Middleman, she highlights recipes that embraced the food conservation effort through stop-motion animations and video. In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, we wanted to share our first foray into the War-Time Cook and Health Book: Apple Brown Betty.  

You can see the full video at: 

http://togetherwewin.librarycompany.org/apple-brown-betty/

and explore the online exhibition here:

http://togetherwewin.librarycompany.org

Recipe From: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, War-Time: Cook and Health Book (Lynn, MA, 1917). Gift of William H. Helfand.

Music: General Pershing One Step

Chief Conservator, Jennifer Rosner sews invisible thread to mount this service flag, representing four Library Company board members and employees in service during World War I. You can see this flag and more on WWI in our exhibition, Together We Win: The Philadelphia during the First World War, opening November 11th. That’s next week!