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We’ve Got the Biscuit; You Bring the Gravy.

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Historic Biscuit, on a StampThe University of Florida’s historic biscuit dates back to 1913 when a hungry student mailed it to his parents as evidence of UF’s food quality. The George A. Smathers Libraries now preserves the historic biscuit. Our biscuit can be viewed online along with millions of other images through the University of Florida Digital Collections.

Every institution archives objects illustrative of its own history. Join us here to let us know about yours.

We’ve got the Biscuit. You bring gravy.

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Written by Laurie N. Taylor

October 22nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm