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WAFFLES-the-dog (with friend Dumpsie), Universal Newsreel 1/19/1931. From Archivist David S. Ferriero's blog on some very creative holdings. NARA ID 100520.

HAPPY NATIONAL WAFFLE DAY!

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs, who spends too much time waffling and not enough time making/eating/enjoying waffles. Then again, maybe not...

#OTD in 1869, Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, NY, received the first patent ever issued for a waffle iron!

JFK's favorite waffle recipe!

JFK Library, NARA ID 193739.

George W. Mason Wafer-Iron, 6/11/1872, NARA ID 177837299

S.S. Fitch Waffle-Bakers patent, 10.14/1873, NARA ID 196001607.

WAFFLES and the Charters of Freedom

The enclosures for the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights were fabricated using light-weight aluminum and titanium into a waffle-like structure that maintains specified stiffness.

BARLEY WAFFLES! SAVE THE WHEAT FOR VICTORY!

US Food Administration, 1918, NARA ID 18497463.

WHITE HOUSE WAFFLES!

Waffles with creamed chipped beef and stuffed peaches! YUM! (?) From waffle fan/First Lady Bess Truman.

Truman White House menus, 7/3/1949 and 7/17/1949, Truman Library, NARA IDs 7583766 and 7583780.