Cast iron pot carried by soldier J.S. Howell during the Civil War
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesCommercially cast iron pot for cooking food and making coffee. Donated to Crockett Tavern Museum in Morristown, Tenn. by Mrs. Lillard Howell.
Civil War hardtack biscuit, 1865
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and Archives2 pieces of hardtack brought home at the end of the Civil War by Pvt. Milo G. Stone, Co. B, 143 Pa. Inf., USA. One piece has letters embossed into it.
Red Cross volunteers preparing food for soldiers in the Spanish-American War
Burr, Alice, 1883-1968View Full Item in California Historical SocietyOriginal negatives are nitrate; only digital images available. Title supplied by cataloger.
American soldiers fighting in the Mexican Revolution in line outside the mess tent
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943View Full Item in El Paso Public LibraryPhotograph of soldiers waiting in line outside of a mess tent. The soldiers are wearing hats and military uniforms. 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Book on food economy during war time, 1917
Wood, T. B. (Thomas Barlow), 1869-1929View Full Item in University of CaliforniaPoster promoting food rations during World War I
View Full Item in Perkins School for the BlindText from item: Be patriotic. Sign your country's pledge to save the food. U. S. Food Administration Image of a distressed young woman dressed as lady liberty with both arms outstretched in a pleading…
Catalog for strawberries to plant in a victory garden, 1919
C.N. Flansburgh & SonView Full Item in U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library1919
Mess hall line at the Tanforan Race Track, an assembly center for Japanese internees, 1942
View Full Item in Utah Department of Cultural and Community EngagementLines to eat at Tanforan Race Track, a relocation center in California. Many of the Japanese-Americans at Tanforan would be relocated to Topaz Relocation Center.
Print by Louis Bourgeois titled “During the War: Shortage of Food in Easton,” 1943
Louise BourgeoisView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Print
Men harvesting sweet potatoes from the victory garden in Austin, Texas, 1943
Bureau of Identification Photographic LaboratoryView Full Item in Austin History Center, Austin Public LibraryPhotograph of men gathering sweet potatoes from Austin's Victory Garden. Baskets of sweet potatoes are visible in the foreground and cars are parked along the road in the background. Image was used in…
Poster for the use of pesticides in victory gardens, 1943
Morley, Hubert, artistView Full Item in UC Berkeley, Bancroft LibraryLang: "U. S. Government Printing Office : 1943--O-523387"
Breakfast from a K ration, commonly used during World War II
View Full Item in U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems CenterTitle from item or from accompanying material. Date from item or from accompanying material. G.T.
Drawing of a food closet in a diary kept by a prisoner of war, 1944
Mitchener, Hardy A., 1919-1957View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesThis page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the food closet. A number of cups are hanging from the wall, and a pitcher is on the floor. Mitchener writes, "As you enter the r…
Stamp for Food Industry’s War Savings Stamp Drive, 1944
Unknown, artistView Full Item in UC Berkeley, Bancroft LibraryLang: 1 print: circular in 33 cm diameter
U.S. soldiers giving food to children during the Korean War, 1952
Williams, Hanson A., Jr., 1928-2009View Full Item in Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University ArchivesWilliams captured this moment that appears to show two staff sergeants with the U.S. Army passing food through a barbed wire fence to Korean children begging at the perimeter of a military camp. compl…
Students purchasing food to send to troops in Vietnam, 1965
View Full Item in Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University ArchivesAs a part of the Operation Thanks campaign for Thanksgiving 1965, Pepperdine College students shop for food to donate to US troops serving in Vietnam.
Proceedings of a symposium on food crops and livestock in the event of a nuclear war, 1970
View Full Item in U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Libraryno.24
Prisoner of war having his first meal back home, 1973
View Full Item in Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and ArchivesClark AB, R.P.: Capt. Kevin McManus (top), Babylon, Tex., appears to be more interested in the cafeteria worker than the food as goes through the line for his first American meal since his capture Jun…
Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) container, 1978
View Full Item in U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems CenterTitle from item or from accompanying material. Date from item or from accompanying material. AJM
Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) heating bag, 1985
View Full Item in U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems CenterTitle from item or from accompanying material. On item sleeve: FEL MRE heating bag white background - for b+w negitive. Date from item or from accompanying material. G.T.
Bag of food delivered to airlift squadron during Ethiopian relief operations, 1985
Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesThe original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khartoum Country: Sudan (SDN) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. James R. Pearson Release Status: Released to Public
Shelf stable pizza from a Meals Ready to Eat (MRE), 1989
View Full Item in U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems CenterTitle from item or from accompanying material. On item sleeve: Food lab, shelf stable pizza MRE. Date from item or from accompanying material. G.T.
U.S. aircraft delivering food and other supplies to five African countries suffering from war and famine, 1989
Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesThe original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Freetown Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Marvin Preston Release Status: Released to Public
Milkshake from a Meals Ready to Eat (MRE), 1990
View Full Item in U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems CenterTitle from item or from accompanying material. On item sleeve: Food lab. Date from item or from accompanying material. G.T.
U.N. soldiers aboard American aircraft with food and relief supplies, 1993
Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesThe original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Efrain Gonzalez Rele…
