Cartoons
Skeleton Additives, 1919.
Puck Magazine Cover, "The Meat Market," Carl Hassmann, Library of Congress.
"Look before you eat-- and see if you can discover any unadulturated food." by Frederick Burr Opper, Puck, March 12, 1884, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Cartoons played a significant role in notifying the public of the impurity of their foods.
Sure Cure Cartoon. This cartoon pays homage to Harvey Wiley and his efforts. U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A British postcard mocking the U.S. food industry after the release of The Jungle. National Archives, General Records of Department of State.
"Death" serves adulterated milk to the poor in this cartoon from Harper’s Weekly, August 17, 1878, U.S. National Library of Medicine.