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Food and Food Processing

Advertisement for Dairy Brand ham

Angelus Mystery book

The Angelus Mystery book was a prize used to encourage purchasing Angelus Marshmallows.

Austin Community Collection 1860-1981

Created By: Chicago Public Library

B. Kroger Scrapbook and Manuscript Collection

Created By: Museum Center, Cincinnati Historical Society

Badge showing an early depiction of Sailor Jack

A badge showing an early depiction of Sailor Jack.

Beet sugar production — a subsidized industry

Beet sugar production — a subsidized industry. From: Beet Sugar Gazette 5 (1903): 294.

Beginnings of Schwan’s Legacy

Created By: Conyers, Ellayne Source/Publisher: Marshall Independent July 6, 2002; July 20, 2002; August 3, 2002

Bolters used for sieving flour

The image shows bolters (for sieving flour). The photo was taken sometime in the early twentieth century, probably around 1925.…

Brach and Brock Confections, Inc

Created By: Cohen, M. L Source/Publisher: </em>In <em>International Directory of Company Histories Edited by Tina Grant, vol. 15. Detroit: St. James Press, 1996, 63-65

Brach candymaking, ca. 1904

E. J. Brach and Company, interior view showing candy manufacturing by hand circa 1904. Emil Brach (rear, in bowler hat)…

Brach Factory Building, 1940s

E. J. Brach and Sons factory building, aerial view, 1940s. From: Brach Review of 1948 (Chicago: E. J. Brach and…

Brach Swing Bar wrapper

Wrapper, Brach’s Swing Bar, ca. 1940s

Brach workers packaging candies for the Rose line, 1948

Brach workers packaging candies for the Rose line, 1948. From: Brach Review of 1948 (Chicago: E. J. Brach and Sons,…

Brach, Emil J. with Brach employees at the E. J. Brach and Sons factory, 1946

Emil J. Brach, center, with Brach employees, at the E. J. Brach and Sons factory, fall 1946. From: "We ‘Get…

Brach, Emil J.’s cutter, cooler, and conveyor machines advertisement

Advertisement for Emil J. Brach’s cutter, cooler, and conveyor machines. From: Confectioners Journal (November 1922): 159.

Brach, Emil Julius

Emil J. Brach opened a small candy shop on North Avenue in Chicago’s largely German-American North Side neighborhood in 1904. By the time of his death forty-three years later, his candy company would be the world’s largest maker of popular-priced bulk candies, with a sprawling factory on Chicago’s west side believed to be the largest candy factory in the United States.

Brach's chocolate tanks, ca. 1947

E. J. Brach & Sons, chocolate tanks (capacity 19,000 pounds), ca. 1947

Brach's wrapping machines, ca. 1947

E. J. Brach & Sons, wrapping machines, ca. 1947

Brach’s

Created By: Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company Publisher: Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company

Brach’s Chocolate Party Mix advertisement featuring Ilka Chase

Brach’s Chocolate Party Mix advertisement featuring Ilka Chase. From: Ladies’ Home Journal (March 1947), 249.

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