[Patent Number] 1773079 - Method of Preparing Food Product - Clarence Birdseye

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Description

Frozen food was not the instant success that Clarence Birdseye had anticipated. Few Depression-era kitchens had freezers. Business picked up after World War II, but it wasn’t frozen fish or peas that were selling. It was frozen orange juice concentrate—a product that USDA scientists helped to improve.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office.

National Archives Identifier: 2524984

Full Citation: [Patent Number] 1773079 – Method of Preparing Food Product – Clarence Birdseye; 8/12/1930; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, Record Group 241. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/patent-number-1773079-method-of-preparing-food-product-clarence-birdseye/, November 10, 2026]

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