Into the Stacks: Sugar
Date: Friday, February 7, 2025
Time: 7–9pm
Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
Enjoy a pre-Valentine's Day treat at February's Into the Stacks—a collection deep dive all about sugar! Get up close and personal with photographs, advertisements, utensils, tableware, and more with Bookleggers Library director Nathaniel Sandler and Wolfsonian interpretation specialist Molly Channon, who will help us uncover the dark truths behind a surprisingly bittersweet industry. Just don't expect us to sugarcoat the story.
Banner image inspired by: Advertising card, Ask Your Grocer for Franklin Granulated Sugar in the Original Package, c. 1890. Franklin Sugar Refining Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, publisher. The Wolfsonian–FIU, The Kate Greenaway Collection.
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