Note: The Liebig series of advertisements were never distributed in India. These are included because of India themed content. … [Read more...] about Liebig Company’s Fleisch-Extract: 1896 – 1912
1890s
Liebig Company’s Fleisch-Extract
1896 From Wikipedia: Meat extract is highly concentrated meat stock, usually made from beef. It is used to add meat flavor in cooking, and to make broth for drinking. Meat extract was invented by Baron Justus von Liebig, a German 19th-century organic chemist. Liebig specialized in chemistry and the classification of food and wrote a paper on how boiling meat destroys its … [Read more...] about Liebig Company’s Fleisch-Extract
The Singer Manufacturing Company
Published: 1892 (Below: Text from the back of these two picture cards) An extensive empire of the British Crown, consisting of the Great South Peninsula of Southern Asia and a narrow strip along the East side of the Bay of Bengal. It is bounded north by the Himalaya Mountains, West by a mountain range, East by parallel offshoots from the opposite extremity of the Himalayas, … [Read more...] about The Singer Manufacturing Company