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Sesame – Tahini Products – Cairo, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah, Cairo Correspondent

© Iman R. Abdulfattah

Spotted on my walk to the French Archaeological Institute: an ad for a company specializing in sesame/tahini paste-based products – I.R. Abdulfattah

Worthmore Chili & Soups – Cincinnati, OH

© Frank H. Jump

Worthmore

La Norteña – World Famous Tamales – Drive Thru – Pecos, TX

© Frank H. Jump

Someone was ordering while I took this shot. The lady in the window waved. I was so tempted to have a tamale. Had some great ones in Chattanooga TN. Didn’t want to risk it. Pecos, unfortunately seems very run down. Glad to see this business is still thriving.

Comestibles & Fijne Vleeschwaren – F.G. Lebbing – Amsterdam, NL

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Libbys Foods – Various Print & Outdoor Ads

Libbys Melrose Pate – Cosmopolitan Magazine – May 1904

The company was founded as Libby, McNeill & Libby in Chicago, Illinois, by Archibald McNeill and the brothers Arthur and Charles Libby. The business began with a canned meat product, beef in brine, or corned beef. It became well-known when it began to package the meat in a trapezoid-shaped can starting in 1875. – Wikipedia

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Libby’s Melrose Paté – Ebay

Duke University Digital Libraries

Non-fatting Libby’s – Quenches between meal hunger – Duke University – Street Scene cropped

Sunset Magazine – April 1904 – Vol. XII

Duke University Digital Libraries

Duke University Digital Libraries

Duke University Digital Libraries

How to Make Good Things to Eat- Gesine (Knubel) Lemcke – Libby, McNeill & Libby – CLICK FOR LINK

Mmm mmm good! Oops! Wrong slogan – Libby’s Magazine – How to Make Good Things to Eat

Michael’s Genuine Fresh Italian Products – Home Made Noodles – Syracuse, NY

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Adamba Imports – Founded in 1985 – Lorimer Street – Greenpoint, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

American Almond Products Co. –

Nut Processing Specialists since 1924 © Frank H. Jump

Eurama Foods Inc. – Bushwick, Brooklyn

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Toscana Food Market – Port Richmond, SI

© Frank H. Jump