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Check out trim Mr. Peanut! Planters Ad, 6/16/1921. NARA ID 23806751. HAPPY NATIONAL PEANUT DAY! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs Of course we have peanut-related records! Scroll down for Peanuts in Space, the Peanut President, & Mr. Peanut Goes to War!

Peanut M&Ms in Space!

Commander Shriver, Space Shuttle Atlantis' flight deck 4/16/1999, NARA ID 22674272

Jimmy Carter - The Peanut President!

Buttons from Jimmy Carter's 1976 Presidential campaign, Carter Library.

Mr. Peanut Visits the Carter Library in 2014, Carter Library Facebook.

Mr. Peanut Goes to War

Child labor and peanuts - read the caption!

Original caption: "The dirtiest imaginable children were pawing over the nuts eating lunch on the table, etc. Mother had a cold and blew her nose frequently (without washing her hands) and the dirty handkerchiefs reposed comfortably on table close to the nuts..."

Happy National Peanut Day! If you look in Box 112 of the Correspondence and Reports of the Food and Drug Administration’s Philadelphia station, you might spot a familiar face. In June 1921, FDA inspector Sidney Brown paid a visit to the Planters Nut & Chocolate Company factory in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  As part of that inspection, he collected advertising material and quite a few product packages, most of which depict the company’s famous mascot, Mr. Peanut!

Seen here is a sample of a peanut package provided to the FDA inspector by the Planters Nut & Chocolate Company during the inspection.

Curious to see what other familiar (or unfamiliar) advertising icons might be hiding in the records of the FDA?  You can make an appointment to view them in our research room by calling us at 215-305-2044 or e-mailing us at [email protected].