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Mock Turtle Soup Label
- 1906
Description
As soon as the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed, product labels began to proclaim the purity of their ingredients. But what were those ingredients? It wasn’t until 1965 that manufacturers were required to list them.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office.
National Archives Identifier: 5713896
Full Citation: Mock Turtle Soup Label; 1906; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, Record Group 241. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/mock-turtle-soup-label/, July 12, 2026]
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