Containers:

Box 823, Sleeve 105292.01

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2006.029--NEG

Dates:

1941-06-25

Creators:

Trudeau

Scope and content:

Food testing. Note enclosed in sleeve: Max Smith, assistant chemist, making a chemical analysis of flour to determine protein (nitrogen) content. That's what puts the oomph in Uncle Sam's soldiers. Lieutenant H.J. Lindenstruth, veterinary corps, working on bacteriological test of milk for cleanliness and wholesomeness of milk. Cleanliness is determined by counting the bacteria ("bug") content. Sergeant Jesse L. Gosnell, Private Charles H. Moore, Private Eugene K. Matthews and Lieutenant Colonel John H. Kintner test evaporated milk for butter fat. Fred P. Lauterwasser, senior purchasing agent, pouring hot water over ground coffee to be tested, smelling coffee and preparing to taste it. Popularly known as "Freddy", he says that although he has been tasting coffee for 23 years, "I still have a big cup of coffee each morning for breakfast." John Waresco, subsistence inspector, inspecting canned peas, string beans and pineapple. J.H. Evans, subsistence inspector, points to a label on one of the thousands of cans always on hand in the stores of the subsistence inspection branch, awaiting inspection. Mr. Evans is showing the label number to John Moresco, another inspector.

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