Eskay's Albumenized Food

Esaky 1899.jpg

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1890-?
Frank Baum developed Eskay’s Albumenized Food for babies needing to gain weight in the last quarter of the 19th-century; in 1890, he was commissioned by the pharmaceutical firm Smith, Kline & French to manufacture the product. An 1899 advertisement for the product is below, and it was available as late as 1918.
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