The Archive
Explore the surprising history of North Carolina food through the primary documents here, in The Archive. You'll find everything from horseradish Jell-O recipes to a silent film about the newfangled refrigerators of the 1910s. The documents, photographs, and films in The Archive are called primary sources because they offer evidence of what people in the past were thinking, saying, and doing. When a historian or person like you interprets primary sources, their interpretation is called a secondary source. Archives are traditionally places that hold historic materials with enduring value. Archives can be located inside libraries and historical societies, or they may operate indendently. Sometimes, they can be online.
Browse Primary Sources in the Archive (5 total)
4-H Exhibit on Canning at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh
Date: 1959
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
4-H Club Corn Exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair
Date: 1938
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Products from Various North Carolina County Girls Canning Clubs on Display at North Carolina State Fair
Date: 1918
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown
Home Demonstration Agent Shows the Kinds of Things that Can be Made with Grape Products at the 1922 State Fair
Date: 1922
Original Format: photograph
Creator: Unknown