This tiny canister is metal with a paper label. It reads "Sample Package for Immediate Use/ Horlick's Malted Milk". The front and back list health benefits, preparation instructions and the maker "Horlick's Malted Milk Co./ Racine Wis., U.S.A."

This tiny orange canister has a metal top and bottom and cardboard sides. It reads "Save Your money/ Save Your Health/ By Using/ Cottolene/ The Perfect Shortening/ Better Than Lard/ Better Then Butter". Made by the "N.K. Fairbank Company".

This tiny red and gold tin is printed on the lid in white and reads "Liebig Company's/ OXO/ Bouillon Cubes." On the side "Guaranteed by/ Corneille David & Co./ New York" and "One Cube to One Cup/ Free Sample". Contained four cubes. Original brochure still in tin with recipes and instructions for preparation.

This tiny white box is printed in red and blue and reads "Steero Bouillon Cubes/ Made by American Kitchen Products, New York". Contained two cubes. The rear and sides give instructions for preparation.

These three tiny white packets are printed in red and blue on the front and read "Magic Yeast/ Free Sample" and on the side "Northwestern Yeast Company/ Chicago".

This tiny white box is printed in red and blue and reads "Steero Bouillon Cubes/ Made by American Kitchen Products, New York". Contained two cubes. The rear and sides give instructions for preparation.

This black and yellow tin has yellow printing on it the reads "Purepac Senna Pods/ Packaged by/ Purepac Corporation/ New York, N.Y.". The back gives directions for steeping as a tea for use as a laxative.

This green tin has yellow printing on it the reads "Exeller Senna Pods/ Pure U.S.P./ Exeller Chemical Co./ Brooklyn, N.Y.". The side gives directions for steeping as a tea. A laxative.

This orange box has a photo of fudge on the front and reads "Baker's semi-sweet/ Chocolate/ 8 one-ounce squares". The back has recipes. Maker : General Foods, White Plains, N.Y.

This white sample box has a blue frame in the center of the front. It reads "Sample/ No. 3/ Knox/ Acidulated Gelatine/ Pulverized/ Superior to Phosphate/ Prepared in Two Minutes./ Chas B. Knox, M'f'r./ Johnstown, N.Y." The back has a picture of an African-American child with the caption "Taint nun too much kuz its Knoxes" and reads "Knox's Dainty Desserts for Dainty People/ No Boiling/ No Straining / No Trouble/ No Failures/ Its not like Pie-Its Healthy".