Sweet Home Chicago – newly archived web exhibit

About the exhibit: Wrigley’s gum, Fannie May chocolate, and Cracker Jack are just some of the confections that have been created and manufactured in Chicago, a major center of candy production in the 20th century. Drawing from items in the substantial cookery collection at the John Crerar Library, this exhibit explores the history of chocolate and confectioners in the city and the science and technology of the candy making process.

Curated by Beth Kimmerle, author of Blommer: An American Chocolate Legacy, Chocolate: the Sweet History and Candy: the Sweet History