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FOOD HISTORY TIMELINE
1870 to 1879 - Next
1870 The creation of the U.S. Weather Service (National Weather Service) was authorized by Congress.
1870 George Cormack, creator of Wheaties cereal, was born.
1870 The original wooden boardwalk in Atlantic City was built. It was taken up during the winter months. It was replaced with a larger boardwalk in 1880, which was destroyed in a hurricane in 1889. It was rebuilt again, and in 1898 rebuilt with steel.
1870 Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov was born. Ivanov was a Soviet biologist. Others had previously shown it was possible to artificially inseminate domestic animals, Ivanov developed the practical procedures in 1901. Initially working with horses, by the early 1930s the procedure was being used on other farm animals.
1870 Georges Claude was born. A French engineer, he invented the neon light, commonly used for signs.
1870 Alexandre Dumas died. French author ('The Three Musketeers', etc.) was also well known as a gourmet, and author of 'Grande Dictionnaire de la cuisine,' which he finished a few weeks before his death in 1870, and was published in 1872.
1870 During the Siege of Paris in 1870 camel is listed on the menu of Voison restaurant's Christmas Eve menu.
1871 Oleomargarine was patented by Henry Bradley of Binghamton, New York. Hippolyte Mege-Mouries developed margarine in France in 1869, and received a U.S. patent in 1873 for margarine. There were many patents granted for various formulas and manufacturing techniques for margarine in the U.S. beginning in 1871. I can remember, as a kid, kneading a plastic pouch of margarine, with a red dot of food coloring, to distribute the color throughout the margarine. The dairy industry was able to have laws passed that prevented manufacturers from coloring the margarine. (The natural color of margarine is white).
1871 Harry Brearley was born. Brearley was an English metallurgist who invented stainless steel in 1912.
1871 Mary Florence Potts of Ottumwa, Iowa patented the 'Mrs. Potts' pressing iron. It had a detachable handle so several iron bodies could be heated and used in turn as one cooled down.
1871 The American Museum of Natural History in New York City was opened to the public.
1871 Louisa Tetrazzini born. Italian operatic soprano. Chicken Tetrazzini, created by a New York chef, was named in her honor.
1871 Marcel Proust was born. Marcel Proust was a French writer. On January 1, 1909, he ate a piece of tea-soaked toast whose taste caused on a series of childhood memories. In his 7 volume allegorical novel 'Remembrance of Things Past,' the character Swann has a similar experience when he bites into a lemon cookie (a madelaine) which evokes a similar torrent of memories. This is one of the most ubiquitous (i.e., widely-quoted) allusions in literature.
1871 Seth Wheeler of Albany, New York was issued a patent for perforated wrapping paper.
1871 The Great Chicago Fire broke out and destroyed over 17,000 buildings and left almost 100,000 people homeless. It was usually blamed on Mrs. Kate O'Leary's cow kicking over a lamp. However in 1997 the Chicago City Council looked into the evidence, both new and old, and passed a resolution exonerating Mrs. O'Leary and her cow. Many still believe the cow was guilty.
1871 Charles Babbage died. He invented the adding machine, and among his other inventions is the cowcatcher, the V shaped front end on locomotives.
1871 Journalist Henry Morton Stanley finds missing explorer Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika - "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1871 Albert L. Jones patented corrugated paper which could be used to make boxes.
1871 Luther Burbank developed the Russet Burbank potato.
1871 Thomas Adams patented a chewing gum producing machine. He manufactured the first commercially successful chewing gum, 'Black Jack.'
1872 African American inventor Thomas Elkins received his second patent. It was for a "Chamber Commode, " a combination "bureau, mirror, book-rack, washstand, table, easy chair, and earth-closet or chamber-stool."
1872 Lafayette Benedict Mendel was born. An American biochemist who published various papers on nutrition. His work on vitamins and proteins helped establish modern concepts about nutrition.
1872 Silas Noble and James P. Cooley of Massachusetts patented a toothpick making machine.
1872 Cyrus W. Baldwin received a patent for an electric elevator. It was installed in the Stephens Hotel in New York City.
1872 Samuel R. Percy of New York received a patent for dried milk.
1872 'Mrs. Hill's Southern Practical Cookery and Receipt Book' by Annabella P. Hill of Georgia was published.
1872 The first Arbor Day was observed in Nebraska. It was proposed by J. Sterling Morton and publicized by the State Board of Agriculture as a tree-planting holiday. Nebraska at that time was a treeless plain, with nothing to break the wind other than the normal digestive functions of mammals. Trees were also needed for fuel, shade, building houses, etc. Estimates are that more than one million trees were planted in Nebraska on that first Arbor Day. It was proclaimed an official state day in 1874. Other states have since adopted the idea, and several U.S. presidents have declared national Arbor Days, usually the last Friday in April. The idea has also spread to other countries.
The National Arbor Day Foundation http://www.arborday.org/
1872 Robert Chesebrough of New York patented a method for making vaseline.
1872 George M. Hoover arrived in Dodge City. He opened the first business in Dodge city, a saloon of course. Whisky was 25 cents.
1872 John F. Blondel of Thomason (Thomaston?), Maine, patented the first doughnut cutter.
1872 It was reported to have rained black worms in Bucharest, Rumania on July 25.
1872 Emily Post was born. (or on October 3, 1873). Etiquette expert, newspaper columnist, author of 'Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home' (1922); 'The Emily Post Cook Book' (1949); 'Motor Manners' (1950).
1872 An all metal windmill was patented by J.S. Risdon.
1872 The 'Mary Celeste' sailed for Genoa from New York with a cargo of 1700 barrels of alcoholic spirits. The ship was found abandoned near the Azores, the captain, his wife and daughter and 7 crewmen missing, and no sign of violence. The captain, his family and the crew were never seen again.
1872 Felix Archimede Pouchet died. A French naturalist, he was one of those who believed that life was created from nonliving matter in processes such as fermentation and putrefication. Those flies and maggots, fungi, yeast and bacteria just appeared from nowhere. (He was wrong.)
1872 Walter Scott of Providence, Rhode Island invents the horse drawn lunch wagon.
1872 Henry Tate, an English sugar merchant, patented a method of cutting sugar into small cubes in 1872. He made a fortune.
1872 Alexandre Dumas' 'Grand dictionnaire de la cuisine' was published.
1872 Curnonsky (Maurice Edmond Sailland) was born. French gastronome and writer. He was given the title "Prince of Gastronomes," a title he was awarded in a public referendum in 1927, and a title no one else has ever been given.
1873 Colette, (Sidonie Gabrielle) was born. A French novelist, her novels contain many exact and detailed descriptions of food and the pleasures of the table, and quite a few recipes.
1873 Luther Childs Crowell of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was granted a patent for a machine which made square bottom paper bags. It is the same basic design still used today.
1873 John Torrey died. He was the first professional botanist in the New World.
1873 Alfred Paraf received a patent for the first commercially viable margarine manufacturing process.
1873 Salmon Portland Chase died. He was Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, and later Chief Justice.
1873 It is reported in July that it rained frogs in Kansas City, Missouri.
1873 It rains ants in Nancy, France on July 21.
1873 The first issue of 'Field & Stream' was published.
1873 Emily Post was born. (or 1872, which see).
1873 Anthony Iske was issued a patent for a meat slicing machine. It worked much like a mandoline, with a frame to hold the meat while sliding it against the blade.
1873 Patent issued to Joseph F. Glidden for barbed wire. The beginning of the end of cowboys and the open range.
1873 All of the Peking (Pekin) ducks in the U.S. are descended from 9 ducks imported to Long Island, New York in 1873. (also called Long Island duckling)
1873 Adolphus Busch developed a method of pasteurizing beer so it could withstand temperature fluctuations, which enabled national distribution.
1873 Burbank potato was developed by Luther Burbank.
1874 Gail Borden died. Borden was the Inventor of a process for making condensed milk, and founder of New York Condensed Milk Co. (later to become the Borden Co).
1874 British author, W. Somerset Maugham was born. Among the titles of his novels and short stories are: 'Cakes and Ale', 'The Alien Corn' and 'The Breadwinner.'
1874 John Bachman died. A Naturalist who wrote some of the text for John James Audubon's albums of birds and mammals of North America. He also published his own works on botany, agriculture and southern animals.
1874 George Harrison Shull was born. An American botanist, frequently called the 'father of hybrid corn.'
1874 Georgia is the first state to establish a state Department of Agriculture.
1874 Jeans with copper rivets are patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
1874 The Philadelphia Zoo opened, the first zoological gardens in the U.S.
1874 Sergey Vasilyevich Lebedev was born. Lebedev was a Russian chemist who developed a method to produce synthetic rubber on a commercial scale, which used potatoes and limestone as raw materials.
1874 Harry S. Parmelee of New Haven, Connecticut patented the sprinkler head.
1874 Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1874 James Lewis Kraft was born. Founder of Kraft Co. a wholesale cheese distributor and producer. In 1916 he patented pasteurized process cheese, a low cost cheese that would not spoil. Not a great hit with the public, but the U.S. army purchased over 6 million tins of it during WW I. During the depression, it became popular because of its low cost.
1874 Pascal celery was first cultivated, in Michigan.
1875 The first agricultural experiment station was established at Middleton, Connecticut.
1875 The first battery-powered dentist’s drill was patented by George F. Green of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
1875 The International Bureau of Weights and Measures was created.
1875 African American inventor A.P. Ashbourne received a patent for a "Process Preparing Coconut for Domestic Use."
1875 Stephen McCormick died. He was the inventor and manufacturer of a cast iron plow with removable parts.
1875 Ferdinand Porsche was born. He was an Austrian engineer who designed the Volkswagon Beetle in 1935.
1875 A.J. Ehrrichson patented an oat-crushing machine.
1875 Samuel Rumph of Georgia developed the Elberta peach.
1875 A.P. Ashbourne patented a Biscuit Cutter.
1875 The NY Dairy Company becomes the first dairy to sell milk in factory made bottles.
1876 Moxie carbonated soft drink was created in Lowell, Massachusetts by Augustin Thompson.
1876 The first world's oldest trademark is the red triangle registered for Bass Pale Ale.(Some sources say 1883 or 1890)
1876 Canned sardines went on sale in the U.S. for the first time. They were packed in oil. (Some sources say 1873).
1876 Foil wrapped bananas are sold for a dime at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Bananas become a popular treat for the first time in the U.S. when word spreads about how delicious they are. For one thin dime, visitors to Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition were able to buy foil-wrapped bananas, a popular taste treat in the United States. We tried one as an experiment for lunch today -- and heartily agree! It is especially interesting how the aluminum foil creates a kind of buzzing feeling on your teeth as the banana gets chewed up!
1876 American author, Sherwood Anderson was born. In 1941 Anderson supposedly swallowed a toothpick or a swizzle stick while at a cocktail party in the Panama Canal Zone, and died of peritonitis.
1876 Melville Bissell patented the carpet sweeper.
1876 Willis Haviland Carrier was born. He invented the first practical air conditioner.
1876 D.C. Stillson patented the Stillson wrench, the first practical pipe wrench. Fixing that leaky pipe in the kitchen became a lot easier.
1876 Kudzu was introduced to the U.S. in 1876, to control soil erosion in the South. Native to China and Japan, it can grow up to 1 foot per day, and virtually takes over telephone poles, trees, buildings, and anything else in it's way. In the U.S. it is known as an uncontrollable weed, sometimes used as cattle forage. In Japan and China, it is also grown for its edible roots, which can reach 7 feet long and weigh 450 pounds. The roots are dried and pulverized into kudzu powder. This kudzu powder is used in cooking to thicken soups and sauces, dredge foods for deep frying, etc. The leaves and stems can be used as in salads.
1876 The 'spreading chestnut tree' from 'The Village Blacksmith' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was a real tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the corner of Brattle and Story Streets. It was cut down to widen the streets in 1876.
1877 Ole Evinrude was born. He invented the first practical outboard motor in 1909. The idea came to him while rowing a boat to a picnic one day. He decided there must be an easier way to move a small boat on the water.
1877 New York taxes oleomargarine. In 1877, the state of New York passed a law to tax on 'oleomargarine.' When a court voided a ban on margarine in New York, dairy militants turned their attention to Washington, resulting in Congressional passage of the Margarine Act of 1886. The purpose was to protect dairymen and their product, real butter.
1877 Victor Shelford was born. An American zoologist and ecologist, he was one of the first to treat ecology as a separate science. He was active and influential in several ecological organizations, including the Nature Conservancy formed in 1951.
1877 Thomas A. Edison made the first sound recording "Mary had a little lamb"
1877 Dr. Jared Kirtland died. A physician, naturalist, botanist and teacher, he is credited with developing 26 varieties of cherries and six varieties of pears.
1877 Henry Crowell began using the 'Quaker Man' as a trademark at his mill in Ravenna, Ohio.
1878 The first patent for a glass milk container was issued to George Lester.
1878 Harley Proctor created Ivory Soap.
1878 The White House hosted the first Easter Egg Roll. Previously, the activities had been held on the Capitol grounds. Congress passed a law banning the practice due to a limited maintenance and landscaping budget (Bah humbug!). President Rutherford B. Hayes was asked if children could hold the activities on the South Lawn of the White House and he enthusiastically agreed. The event has been held there ever since. (www.whitehouse.gov)
1878 Catherine Esther Beecher died. An American educator and author of 'Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book', etc.
1878 Vaseline petroleum jelly was trademarked by Robert August Chesebrough.
1878 Don Marquis, American journalist and poet was born. He wrote 'archy and mehitabel,' a book of poems written by a cockroach who couldn't use the shift key.
1878 Upton Sinclair was born. His novel, 'The Jungle,' was a horror story about conditions in the meat packing industry of the time. It led to extensive reforms.
1878 Thomas Edison made electricity available for household usage.
1878 The first telephone was installed in the White House in Washington, D.C. Alexander Graham Bell installed it himself. Rutherford B. Hayes was president.
1879 Nestle produced its first chocolate bar.
1879 Woolworths, the first chain store, opened in 1879 in Utica, New York.
1879 Agnes Arber was born. She was a British botanist, who wrote 'Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution' (1912) and 'The Gramineae: A Study of Cereal, Bamboo and Grass.'
1879 Saccharin, an artificial sweetener, was discovered by Constantine Fahlberg and Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen.
1879 Elmer McCollum was born. He was a chemist who discovered vitamins A, B and D.
1879 The Echo Farms Dairy of New York began selling milk in glass bottles, the first in the U.S.
1879 The Cream Separator was patented.
1879 Edward Murray East was born. An American botanist and chemist he helped with the development of hybrid corn. Specifically, he concentrated on controlling the protein and fat content of possible hybrids.
1879 Thomas Edison demonstrated the first commercially practical light bulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1879 African-American inventor, Thomas Elkins received a patent for a refrigerating machine, which could be used to cool food (or even human corpses according to the patent application).
1879 James and John Ritty invented the first cash register. They came up with the idea to prevent bartenders from stealing at the Pony House restaurant in Dayton, Ohio.
1879 James J. Ritty, of Dayton, Ohio, invented the cash register.
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