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Ackers Hygeia
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15181
- Dates
- 1882
- 1920
- circa 1882-1920
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Hygiene
- Classification
- Ephemera
- Hygiene
- Home Health
- Accession Number
- 018012001
- Description
- Shallow promotional ceramic bowl for Ackers Hygeia, white with blue designs and lettering, and gold rim that has mostly chipped off; the edges of the bowl are scalloped, with blue transferware floral designs all the way around which come towards the centre of the bowl; in the centre, there is an il…
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- Accession Number
- 018012001
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Hygiene
- Classification
- Ephemera
- Hygiene
- Home Health
- Description
- Shallow promotional ceramic bowl for Ackers Hygeia, white with blue designs and lettering, and gold rim that has mostly chipped off; the edges of the bowl are scalloped, with blue transferware floral designs all the way around which come towards the centre of the bowl; in the centre, there is an illustration in blue inside a circle, across which a banner stretches reading "ACKERS HYGEIA"; in front of the banner is an illustration of a woman, the Greek goddess Hygeia, dressed in robes, holding a snake, and standing on a pedestal upon which more words are printed; the circle is backgrounded in lighter blue.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor.
- Maker
- Finley Acker & Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Philadelphia
- Site Made (State)
- Pennsylvania
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1882
- 1920
- circa 1882-1920
- Date Remarks
- Based on the time in which Finley Acker & Co. existed
- Material
- ceramic: white
- ink: blue, gold
- Inscriptions
- Printed in middle of bowl: “ACKERS HYGEIA // HYGEIA // PURITY // TRADE // HYGEIA FLOUR // MARK // QUALITY”
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D2-8
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Circumference
- 44.6 cm
- Diameter
- 14.2 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Lightly cleaned
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Websites, books, illustrations.
- Reference Comments
- https://www.pennypost.org/pdf/farrell/Ackers_FarrellCollection.pdf
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/siris_arc_255514
- https://books.google.ca/books?id=kyQWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=%22finley+acker+%26+co%22&source=bl&ots=_exq6DsqoX&sig=ACfU3U2ousTMAFMlgfcfQUv1Ua2nEhD26g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF9vWiwNfiAhUlnq0KHaqbA9QQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22finley%20acker%20%26%20co%22&f=false
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/scavenger49/6753335531
- https://philly.newspapers.com/search/#query=ackers+hygeia
- https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-dec-28-1916-p-3/
- http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/hygeia
- Research Facts
- Finley Acker & Co., makers of Ackers Hygeia, were large grocery stores in Philadelphia from 1882 until 1920. They specialized in teas, coffees, candies, cigars, and various food items including those given the name "Hygeia": flour, buckwheat, and "Snowdrift" (a cereal).
- Ackers Weekly was a publication sent out by the store every week to advertise products.
- Finley Acker & Co. became known and loved for their delivery system, reasonable prices, and quality of goods.
- The name "Hygeia" comes from the Greek goddess of health, and daughter of Asklepios, god of medicine. She is often depicted holding or feeding a snake, the symbol of Asklepios. In Greek, "Hygeia" means "soundness" or "wholeness", and health and hygiene were based around keeping the body sound and whole.
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newspaper clipping
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12380
- Dates
- 1997
- circa 1997
- Collection
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
- Category
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Ephemera
- Accession Number
- 005036019
- Description
- A newspaper clipping from the Kingston Whig Standard discussing the cookbook created by the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae; features a colour photograph of the authors in front of the Ann Baillie Building.
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- Accession Number
- 005036019
- Category
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Ephemera
- Description
- A newspaper clipping from the Kingston Whig Standard discussing the cookbook created by the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae; features a colour photograph of the authors in front of the Ann Baillie Building.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae.
- Maker
- Kingston Whig-Standard
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1997
- circa 1997
- Date Remarks
- Printed on artifact
- Material
- paper: white
- ink: black, grey, blue, pink
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front of artifact: "THE KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD // Companion // Nurses operate in the kitchen // GREAT GUSTO // by Greg Burliuk // ANNIVERSARY PROJECT // TURNS INTO POPULAR COOKBOOK SERIES".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-3 Box 16
- Dimension Notes
- Length 57.7 cm x Width 31.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- No tearing or staining; folded in half lengthwise and widthwise.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #1
- Research Facts
- Cookbook was completed with recipes from Alumni with 2,000 recipes submitted by 300 grads. Co-author Cheryl (Cassidy) Johnston took two years to compile the finla recipe list. Cookbook is titles "A Century of Caring 1888-1988" was released in 1987 and sold more than 4,000 copies (Aug 1997). A second cookbook was published in 1995 "A Century and More of Caring" wher another 1,200 recipes were submitted for consideration.
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