Hot dogs in Space! Mission specialist Don Thomas holds hot dog with two hands on Space Shuttle Columbia, 1997.
Enjoy ketchup with your hot dogs, but not the stuff “made from decomposed material”! National Archives ID 5710028.
WWI hot dogs - Navy Training Camp, Seattle, WA, 1918. National Archives ID 45512144.
State visit of the British King and Queen (6/11/1939) includes FDR picnic with hot dogs! Story from the Washington Post, menu from the FDR Library: The British Royal Visit.
Pushcart advertising "frankfurts" with sauerkraut or onions, NYC, 1939. National Archives ID 535710.
Hot dogs and corsages (?) at a Michigan State football game, 1950. National Archives ID 45648833.
Family hot dog roast at Grizzly Bear campground, Black Hills National Campground, SD, 1957. National Archives ID 7013584.
Original caption: “cuddling hot dogs welcome Route 66 visitors to the Cozy Dog Drive In,” Springfield, IL, National Archives ID 7719434.
Pandemic Labor Day - Hot dogs at home!
For this most unusual Labor Day weekend, we share some of our favorite images of hot dogs past, and our hopes that we soon will be able to celebrate again with family and friends. Yes, even us introverted archives-types get lonely after a few months...
Of course, the National Archives holds extensive documentation re: labor and the struggle for workplace rights, including records on unions, strikes and responses, and debates about women and children in the workplace. See this Labor Day page for online resources from National Archives facilities nationwide, including the Presidential Libraries.
Online resources:
Online exhibit: What’s Cooking Uncle Sam?
Pieces of History: Hot Dogs and Diplomacy — Relish The Legacy!
Pieces of History: Labor Day: Children at Work
Selection of labor-related records from the National Archives Catalog.
