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| Black and white 7 1/2" x 11 1/2" ad for their Star Bacon. The intention of this ad is to make the public realize that adding bacon to your dinners will allow you to add variety to your family's meals. The ad headline introduces "4 Sunday Night Suppers built around Star bacon" and has pictures of Cheese Toast with Star Bacon, Stuffed Star Bacon Slices and Frankfurters Wrapped in Star Bacon. The ad says that these recipes and more are available in their recipe book, 36 Ways to Serve Star Bacon. |
March 1930 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Full color 9" x 12 1/2" ad for Armour Frankfurters. At the top of the page, there is an index card with "It was Your idea to repeat this meal idea! Right-from-the-Kitchen Frankfurters - made fresh each day in a nearby Armour Kitchen!". It then says that "No wonder Armour Star Frankfurters taste as fresh as they look - they're right-from-the-kitchen, the nearest of the dozens of Armour Sausage Kitchens located all across the country! To be sure of frankfurters that are plump and juicy as tender beef and pork can make them - get these freshly, delicately spiced frankfurters, made daily by Armour and rushed right-from-the-kitchen to your favorite market". This index card is placed on top of an interesting looking rack of many frankfurters wrapped in a bread and held with a toothpick with an olive stuck to the top. At the right-hand side of this ad it has a column entitled "This-n-that about sausage" by Marie Gifford. This has sections entitled "Second-helping of a famous recipe", "For a "pack and carry" picnic", "Or make it a cold-meats picnic" and "Children love Liver Sausage". |
August 1947 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their Mayflower Vegetable Oleomargarine. The ad has a picture of two tasty looking biscuits that have already been buttered. On one side of these biscuits is the knife that was used to butter them and on the other side is a package of Armour's margarine. The ad headline reminds you that "You know it's good - it's Armour Margarine!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 4, 1948 Life magazine |
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| Full color 5" x 14" ad for Armour Pure Lard. The ad headline says that "Mrs. America gives you her favorite pie recipe - using Armour Star Lard". The ad then has a picture of Mrs. Betty McAllister who had been crowned "Mrs. America" and another picture of her Old-Fashioned Apple Pie. It contains the recipe and baking instructions which include adding 2/3 cup of Armour Star Lard to the ingredients for the crust. At the bottom of the ad it has a picture that shows a one-pound package of the Lard and, at the bottom of the ad it says, "Remember, lard saves you money, too!" |
April 1951 Woman's Home Companion |
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| Full color 8" x 11" ad for Armour's Pantry-Shelf Meals with this ad emphasizing their Armour Chopped Ham. Over a picture of a kitchen table set with bread and four bowls filled with spaghetti topped with slices of chopped ham is the headline Ham n' spaghetti suppers - 25 cents apiece". The text then tells us that "Here's a meal that does big things for big appetites and little budgets! It's piping hot spaghetti and a spicy tomato sauce served with generous slices of Armour Star Chopped Ham, the Armour Pantry-Shelf Meal that's all ham, sugar-cured ham, no bones and no waste". The text then gives you some suggestions for adding flavor to the sauce, if you would like. At the bottom of the ad there is a drawing of a lady shopping with her little girl and she has stopped and is looking at five large cans sitting there, Armour Beef Stew, Armour Corned Beef Hash, Armour Treet, Armour Tamales With Sauce and Armour Chile Con Carne |
August 1952 Woman's Day |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad for more things you can do with their Miss Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese. The ad has a picture of "Macaroni squares - rich with Miss Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese" that has been cut into six helpings and one has already been taken. The text has the recipe for this tasty and unusual delicacy that you too can make in your kitchen. |
October 1952 McCall's |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad for Armour Pantry-Shelf Meals with this ad highlighting the Armour Chili Con Carne. The ad has a picture of a table set with bowls of delicious looking Chili under the headline that tells us that "This spicy chili is always the winner - after the game!". It then says that "You just can't lose when you warm-up with a steaming bowl of Armour Star Chili after a football game - or before the game, for that matter. This chili has so much good nourishing beef in it - more than ordinary chili has. It's tender, juicy beef and it's braised for heartier flavor. A rich blend of spices gives this full-bodied chili a taste that's mild enough for young folks, yet highly seasoned enough for you. Just heat it to boiling and serve". In addition to the Chili Con Carne they are also showing cans of Treet, Tamales With Sauce, Corned Beef Hash, Beef Stew and Chopped Ham. |
November 1953 Woman's Day |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their Cheddar Cheese. There is a delicious looking picture of an apple pie with one helping cut out and placed onto a plate with a good-sized piece of cheese cut from a block with a label that says "Sharp Aged Miss Wisconsin Cheddare Cheese". The headline says "From our rolling dairy country comes a fine cheddar stamped 'Miss Wisconsin'" and the text mentions things other than an apple pie that will be helped by a slice of this cheese. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
November 12, 1956 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad for their Cheddar Cheese. There is a picture of a package of this cheese, a grater, some grated cheese and a bowl of just-made Macaroni and Cheese. The headline promises that "For flavorful macaroni there's a better cheddar stamped 'Miss Wisconsin'" and the text talks about the flavor of this product and the different ways it is available. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 18, 1957 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad for Armour Chopped Ham - Chunk Style. This ad has a picture of a dinner table set for a Ham and Yam Dinner and the caption under the picture tells you how to create this masterpiece, at your house not mine. The text talks about this product, saying that it is "New chunk-style Chopped Ham - it's all ham. Chunks of this ham, sugar-cured and juicy - in a tender loaf ready to serve. No waste. No work. Ready for sandwiches and your favorite ham recipes". If you are wanting a Ham and Yam dinner it has a general recipe just under the picture. Here it tells you to "Brown slices of Armour Star Chopped Ham in butter. Add canned whole yams, drained and salted. Served pineapple preserves over broth. Heat about 5 minutes, basting often". Another good recipe. |
June 5, 1962 Look magazine |
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| Full color 4 1/2" x 13" ad for their Back Ribs with Barbecue Sauce in a can. The ad has a picture of a can rotating over a grill filled with ribs cooking and the headline introducing "meaty new idea...Ribs in a Can. All smoked - All sauced - All cooked". This ad is taller than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
August 24-31, 1963 Saturday Evening Post |
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| Full color 4 1/2" x 13" ad for their Ribs in a Can. This ad, for this unusual product, has a picture of a can of this product setup on a rotisserie over a grill full of cooking ribs. The ad calls it a "Meaty new idea" and claims that you will get "2 1/2 pounds...all smoked, sauced and cooked" in each can that you buy. This ad is taller than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
November 16, 1963 Saturday Evening Post |
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| Full color 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad for Armour Star Franks and the Presto 'Hot Dogger' Cooker. This is an interesting ad, selling both of these items. Pictured in the ad is, first, a bowl with a package of Armour Star Franks in it, waiting. The text below that says, that "For a frank this good you shouldn't have to wait". Then, we see the Presto 'Hot Dogger", standing there, already packed up with six Armour Star Franks, just waiting for the unit to be turned on. So, as the next headline says, "So don't wait another minute for this Presto 60-second hot dog cooker". The text then tells us that it "Cooks 6 franks in 60 seconds! No unbearable minutes waiting for a good, meaty Armour Star Frank. $4.00 and the coupon in the specially marked packages brings you the Presto 'Hot Dogger'. Cooks from the inside out. Cooks quicker than a child can change its mind. Great for parties. Invite a crowd. Open a restaurant! Get Armour Star Franks and the Presto 'Hot Dogger'. Only $4.00 with the special coupon. Easily worth twice that in convenience". |
March 18, 1966 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 14" ad for Armour Franks and it wonders "How do you bacon out of a package of Armour Star Franks?". Under the picture of the bacon and under the picture of the Franks comes the answer. It says "No trick. Just look for the specially marked package of Armour Star Franks. Inside you'll find a coupon worth 15 cents off the price of Armour Star Bacon at your favorite food store." So the mystery has been solved. As they say at the bottom of the page under a hot dog that has been wrapped up with bacon, "And that about wraps it up". |
May 13, 1966 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad for Armout's Vacuum Packed Franks. This is a very unique ad with a picture of a little girl dressed up in a Halloween costume, check the date of this ad, in which she is portrayed as a witch, wearing a black hat and a black gown with reddish-looking long fake hair streaming off of her head. She has something in her mouth that the ad indicates is a "Free tweet in every package of Armour Franks". Then, the bottom of the ad tells us that there is "No tricks. Every specially marked package of Armour Star Franks contains a free Halloween whistle. And, every Armour Star Frank contains the energy of an evening of tweeting. Or treating". A little play on words there. |
October 14, 1966 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13 1/2" ad with a picture of an elephant lifting a package of Armour Hot Dogs and a container of Planter's Peanuts up on his trunk. Oh yeah, the elephant is also identifying by saying "Hot dog". The words to the ad say "What do you say to 10 cents off on Planters Nuts? Say Armout Star Franks". The text explains by saying that "Every specially marked package of Armour Star All-Meat Franks contains a coupon good for 10 cents off on the purchase price of any jar of Planters Dry Roasted Nuts: peanuts, mixed nuts, cashews, pecans, almonds or Spanish Peanuts". |
May 19, 1967 Life magazine |
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