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| Allsweet |
Full color 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad for their Allsweet Vegetable Oleomargarine. This ad has a picture of a four-pack of this product in the lower-left hand corner and, according to the ad, it has "delicate natural flavor! No artificial flavoring...ever!". The ad has a large plate with a sandwich with ham and lettuce on it and the top piece of bread has been folded back so that the amount of butter that has been placed on it is evident and delicious-looking. The plate is sitting on a bedding of loaves of bread and dinner rolls of varying kinds, all sitting and waiting to be buttered. The ad claims that "If you like fresh-baked bread you'll like Allsweet - and for the very same reason. Both have delicate natural flavor. Next time, get economical Allsweet - a delicious spread, a great enricher of other foods". |
April 1951 Woman's Home Companion |
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| Allsweet |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their delicious Oleomargarine. The ad shows a table fully set with delicious foods and a butter knife laden with a gob of this product and the message "The Margarine with delicate natural flavor" emblazoned on it. The ad asks you to "Set your table with delicious Allsweet" and there is a picture of a package of this product. The ad also offers a savings on Oneida Sterling with a Choice of 2 patterns and sold "at about half usual retail price". You were able to get a 4-piece place setting for $8.75 and only 7 Certificates from Allsweet. |
September 1952 McCall's |
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| American Meat Institute |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad with William Bendix. The ad has a drawing of the star of The Life of Riley examining a hot dog that he has impaled on a large fork. The ad headline asks you to "Meet 'Hollywood's Magnificent Mug'". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 19, 1945 Life magazine |
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$8.00 |
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| Appian Way |
Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad for their Boxed Pizza. The bulk of the ad is a picture that shows a healthy, red Italian Tomato against a dark background as the caption explains that "This strange little tomato is found only in the first and finest packaged pizza". The text talks about how this company "invented pizza-in-a-package" and the use of this tomato, which they get from California and not Italy, is only one of the secrets they use in making their product. |
June 5, 1962 Look magazine |
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$7.50 |
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| Aunt Jane's |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad that is for Aunt Jane's Pickles. This ad begins with a picture showing an opened jar of the Aunt Jane's Iceburg Dills and a woman holding one of the pickles above the jar on the end of a fork. Behind the jar is a dish with a variety of pickles on it. The ad proclaims "Aunt Jane's. What a Pickle!". It then says, again "Aunt Jane's Iceberg Dills...What a Pickle! Flavor out of this world! Crisp like fresh-picked! Only Aunt Jane's has the recipe...no one else can make Iceberg Dills. Of course, all Aunt Jane's Pickles are Michigan-grown cucumbers - and that makes all the difference in the world. Just take a bite! Um-m-m-m! What a pickle". At the lower right it shows the three different kinds of pickles they were producing at the time: Sandwich Pickles, Canned Dill Strips and Dill Pickles. |
March 14, 1960 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
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| Battle Creek Sanitarium |
Black and white 4 1/2" x 7 1/4" ad for their Health Foods for Expectant Mothers. The ad has a picture of a happy baby lying on it's back next to examples of their Malted Nuts (50 cents and $1.00), their Psylla ($1.00) and Lacto-Dextrin (1.00). The ad text talks about how the Malted Nuts has been proven to enrich the milk of nursing mothers, the Psylla will painlessly absorb and carry away intestinal poisons and establish normal elimination while the the Lacto-Dextrin will change the intestinal flora to the beneficial Acidophilus B germs. |
March 1930 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Big Top |
Full color 9" x 12" ad for their Peanut Butter. The top of the ad has a picture that claims that one slice of bread covered with peanut butter is equal to a plate filled with a hot dog, bacon, corn on the cob, tomato and lettuce. The ad headline under this shouts "What a Peanut Butter! So nourishing a sandwich equals a square meal!". The bottom of the ad has a cute picture of three kittens dressed in clothes having a picnic with a lady in a yellow dress who has made the picnic successful by bringing Big Top. |
August 1957 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Broadcast Corned Beef Hash |
Three color 4 3/4" x 5" ad for one of the few foods that advertises the condiments that should be used with it. This ad shows a plate of this product with the can in front of it that partially obstructs the bottle of catsup behind it that is being poured on. The text calls it "Hash at its Best", "SO good they'll think it's Home Made!" and says that you can "Enjoy your favorite catsup on Broadcast Corned Beef Hash". |
May 1954 Woman's Day |
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| Campfire |
Full color 4 1/2" x 11" ad for their Marshmallows and the treats that you can make with them. Sitting on a raised platter are stacked some Crispy Squares with >b>Maple Creams and Stuffed Dates parked behind them. The headline describes the taste of these dishes by saying "Yum-m-m!" and the ad contains the recipe for the Marshmallow Crispy Squares and the ad offers a FREE book containing other recipes. |
September 1952 Good Housekeeping |
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| Cocoa-Marsh |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that explains "How 10 Seconds changed Billy's mind about Milk". We see a series of four pictures with the first one of a young boy with a look of distaste on his face as his mother hands him a glass of plain milk. The second picture shows a glass of milk having a spoonful of Cocoa Marsh added to it and the third shows a glass of chocolate milk next to a plate with a sandwich on it. The fourth picture shows this same boy with a look of joy as he samples what his mother has provided him with and the caption claims that "A spoonful of chocolaty Cocoa Marsh made all the difference". The text makes the claim that "Childrren and grownups love its smooth, luscious, extra-chocolaty flavor" and that it contains extra Iron and Vitamin D as a benefit. It also mentions other ways to serve this product. |
June 24, 1946 Life magazine |
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| Comstock |
Full color 10" x 14" ad for their cans of Pie-Sliced Apples. There is a picture of a branch of an apple tree with several ripe apples and a can of Comstock Pie-Sliced Apples waiting to be picked. The headline claims it is "Grown just for pies! Orchard-Fresh Slices for apple pies lots more luscious-lots less work!". At the bottom of the ad is a large picture of a plate with an extra large slice of apple pie perched on top of another branch of an apple tree and the headline "Comstock - the makin' of your bakin'!". The text claims that "The first juicy forkful tells you", that they are "peeled, cored, sliced" and baking an apple pie becomes "so easy, so thrifty". |
February 18, 1957 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
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| Cream Top |
Full color 9" x 12 1/2" ad for a unique Milk Bottle that with the simple addition of a Cream Top Seperator allows you to change from pouring milk to pouring cream. The picture shows a housewife receiving the smiles of her husband as she fills the counter with desserts. The text gives you a few pointers on how to switch from milk to cream and back by shaking and using the top. They claim that more and more dairies the country over are switching to this bottle. |
October 1939 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Cudahy's |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Delrich Vegetable Margarine. This ad has the incredible headline that "Now! No Mixing Bowl Needed to Color Margarine!" and the picture shows that "Delicious Delrich brings you new E-Z Color Pak" where all you have to do is "Just knead the bag!". There is a series of four drawings where a housewife shows everyone how easy it is. First you just needed to "pinch" the bag then knead it for about two minutes until the margarine is evenly colored. Then, leaving the product in the bag, you would reshape it into whatever shape you wanted and chill it. Once it was chilled you could slice it into whatever size slices you felt were best. The ad mentions the company's 57 years of making highest quality foods. |
November 3, 1947 Life magazine |
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| Dextrose |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad from the long ago days when Sugar had a good name. This ad has four drawings with a genie and Aladdin and captions that tell a story. The first caption says "When you think of Aladdin..." followed by "...you think of his lamp". Then it says "when you think of energy..." before saying you should "...think of dextrose sugar". The text explains the value of dextrose sugar by claiming that "Nature made it the one sugar your body uses directly for energy" and calls it "the chief source of all body energy". It also claims that "practically all the dextrose made in America is used by food manufacturers" and warns that "at present, the demand for dextrose far exceeds the supply of this valuable sugar". |
March 1945 McCall's |
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| Dextrose |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad from a time when More Sugar was Good. The ad has a picture with a variety of doughnuts and sweet rolls with a headline that assures you that "your baker makes 'em fresh for you...Sweet Rolls 'For better breakfasts'". The text talks about "Sugar 'N Spice" and calls these items for breakfast "delicious and energizing". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 1951 Woman's Home Companion |
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| Diamond Crystal Salt |
Three color 8" x 10 3/4" ad for their Shaker Salt. The ad shows a woman cooking at her stove and lifting the lid of a pot that is simmering and the headline claims that you should use this product "To bring out the natural flavors in foods". Shown in two places of the ad is the red cannister that it was sold in and their claim was that this is "The Salt that's all Salt". The ad also has drawings of three other kinds of salt they sold and the text explains the purpose of using salt on your cooking as well as at the table. It also claims that pure Salt is mild and that by using this product you will not experience the Salty Taste that you do with other kinds of salt. |
April 1926 Good Housekeeping |
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| Diamond Walnuts |
Full color 8" x 11" ad for several of the treats you can make using this product. The ad headline introduces "Tasty Time-Savers for busy wives" and has pictures and recipes for Walnut Cookie Quicks and Walnut Cranberry Ribbon Loaf. The ad shows several of the ways this product was available to the public in 1953. |
November 1953 Woman's Day |
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| Eskimo Pie |
Full color 10" x 13 1/2" ad for the "Everyday treat that all enjoy...keep it handy...buy the freezer pak at your favorite store". The ad has a drawing of a young Eskimo child walking, warmly dressed, through the land of Igloos and Polar Bears holding two Esakimo Pies while dragging two more along with the handy Family Pak. The text describes the mouth-watering imported chocolate and calls it "the original ice cream bar". It mentions the ease with which they can be served and that they were available "stick or stickless". |
August 4, 1958 Life magazine |
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| Golden Dipt |
Black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad for a few of their Boxed Mixes. The ad has a musical score with the words Try this on your piano and these in your kitchen. Below this, with descriptions, can be seen samples of their Breading, Chicken Fry, Loaf Mix and their Batter Mix. |
March 1959 Good Housekeeping |
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| Guthrie Biscuit Company |
Black and white 8" x 11 1/2" ad for their Pirate's Gold Graham Crackers. The headline urges you to "Look sharp for the Pirates Gold" and has pictured a young boy playing as a pirate and the Treasure Box that this product was sold in. They are claimed to be "The Grahams that are baked sweeter...baked thinner...baked to hold crispness" and that they are baked for your child's taste and that they will remain crisp, even in milk. |
September 1949 Family Circle |
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| Hilton's |
Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad for their Oyster Stew. The ad has a picture that shows an unopened can by a silver bowl that is filled with a steaming portion of this creation. The ad headline claims that you will find "Luscious, Flavorful Oysters in the world's finest stew..." and calls it "Delicious and Nutritious!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
January 23, 1960 Saturday Evening Post |
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$7.50 |
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| Jolly Time |
Full color 5" x 13" ad for their Pop Corn. There is a picture of movie star Mona Freeman and her daughter sitting at their kitchen table with a huge bowl of popcorn and cans of each of the two different kinds of Jolly Time Pop Corn. The little girl is calling it "The poppin'est pop corn you ever popped!" and the text gives the "Every Kernel "Pops" or your money back!" guarantee. |
October 1952 McCall's |
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View Other Food 28 / Mona Freeman |
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| Junket |
Full color 4 3/4" x 12" ad for their Rennet Powder & Tablets. This ad discusses making the Rennet-Custard Desserts and claims that "Folks who tire of DRINKING milk love to EAT delicious Rennet-Custard Desserts". There is a drawing by Vernon Grant of Aunt Rennie and several elves waiting for a little boy to try the bowl of dessert that she has placed in front of him. The headline has her saying "I go all over the world turning trears into happy smiles" and the ad mentions that this product is available in Vanilla, Orange, Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon and Maple flavors. It also talks about the nutritional value of this product and and how you can use it. |
December 1943 Better Homes & Gardens |
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| Knox |
Full color 10" x 13" ad for their Unflavored Gelatine. The headline claims that it is "Amazing - What Knox is doing for folks these days!" and proceeds to show pictures that explain the thought. There is a picture that shows Deserts, another that shows Salads, still another that shows Main Dishes while the last indicates that it can be a Key to Special Diets. This ad has a recipe for a Chocolate Cream Pie and mentions 2 Top Recipe Books that were available. |
October 1952 McCall's |
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| Knox |
Full color 5" x 10 3/4" ad for their Unflavored Gelatin. The ad has a picture of a smiling lady next to the headline that announces "Good news for folks who watch their weight". There is also a picture of a Strawberry Cottage Cheese Mold sitting on a bed of lettuce and the recipe that will allow you too to make this treat. |
May 1954 Woman's Day |
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| Lucky Whip |
Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad for their Dessert Topping in a can. The ad has a picture of a bowl of red gelatin having a crown of Lucky Whip added to it. The ad headline promises that "Sumptious new Lucky Whip dessert topping tastes like it's homemade - yet contains only 18 calories per average serving". |
March 1959 Good Housekeeping |
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| Meat |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the General Use of Meat. Around a picture of a plate filled with a Pot Roast and a variety of vegetables are the words "Time for Ideas - a timely service from the meat industry...Nourishing Meat - a yardstick of Protein foods". There is a picture of a Mrs. A.J. Alexander of Cleveland, Ohio who talks about the Pot Roast in the picture that she has barbecued and explains some of her thoughts. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 1951 Woman's Home Companion |
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| Monarch |
Full color 10" x 14" ad for their selection of Fine Foods. There is an unusual picture of a cornfield where a lion with a crown on his head is picking corn and handing the ears to a parade of white rabbits who are walking past. They transport the corn to an old lathe where they are chucked in and, while one white rabbit turns the lathe with pedal power, another one chips the corn off the cob and directs them into a waiting pot, Here they are cooked and dispensed into cans that are moving past on an antumated conveyor belt, lids are placed on and the finished cans are handed to a little girl who has the name "Lucy" stitched on her apron. She is placing the finished cans into cardboard boxes where they should be shipped out next. Stacked up behind the corn stalks that are being worked on is a pyramid of other Monarch canned items and the text contains a three stanza poem about the production of this product. |
December 1948 Country Gentleman |
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| Morton |
Full color 6 1/4" x 13 1/2" ad for their Frozen Ham Dinner. Pictured in the ad is a large piece being sliced from a tasty-looking ham and the caption says that "Morton Old Kentucky Recipes demand prize, premium fixin's...just as you do!" which is why the Ham Frozen Dinners from Morton "taste just like Yours do". A tray of this product is shown all nicely cooked and the text, after describing how good this tastes, mentions the other varieties offered at this time. |
January 25, 1960 Life magazine |
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| Pearson sakrin |
Three color 10" x 14" ad for their Liquid Sweetener. The headline, over a picture of a happy couple eating a meal at the table, calls this product "A wonderful new way to help control weight". The text, while describing the concept of this product, mentions that a 69 cent container equals 10 lbs of sugar. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 18, 1956 Life magazine |
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| PictSweet |
Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad for their variety of Frozen Foods. There is a picture of a creature with a pumpkin for a head and corn huks for fingers playing a fiddle next to the headline announcing "The year's biggest value in frozen foods - PictSweet 'Harvest Hoedown'". Pictured below is a box of their Harvest Casserole and the text tal;ks about why their products are so good and so popular. |
October 1954 Good Housekeeping |
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| Qwip |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Table Cream Dessert Topping. The ad headline introduces "The Tantalizing Tale of The Cream that won't sour!" and has a series of cute cartoons that make some of the claims about a cream that can be left out for weeks, even months, without going bad. The ad claims that it "Whips at your fingertip!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 5, 1953 Life magazine |
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| Ry-Krisp |
Full color 10" x 13" ad for Ry-Krisp crackers with actress Billie Burke. This ad shows Billie with her daughter. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 1942 Woman's Companion |
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| Salmon |
Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that was trying to get more people to enjoy the many ways that Salmon can be enjoyed. Pictured in the ad are bowls of Salmon Mousse, Salmon Chowder and Salmon Casserole plus a can each of Pink Beauty Salmon and Fancy Red Sockeye Salmon. The caption, scattered among these items, says that "If your family...doesn't like this...or this...or this...made with...this...or this...let 'em eat out!". The text talks about the good taste of these products and the nutritional value that you will receive by switching your family to Salmon. It also offers a booklet of gourmet recipes. |
April 5, 1963 Life magazine |
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| Sardines from Maine |
Black and white 2 1/2" x 10 3/4" ad for what was considered a very practical food for Lent. The ad has a picture of a plate filled with these creatures and three Maine fishermen drawn around it saying "More protein per penny!", "More than Beef or Liver" and "So light and delicious". |
April 1954 Woman's Day |
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| Sure-Jell |
Full color 7 1/2" x 11" ad for the Powdered Pectin used for jelling fruits and fruit juices. There is a pictue of strawberries being poured from a metal container into a glass jar with a box of Sure-Jell standing prominently behind it. The headline claims it is "So easy! 50% more jam...and fresher flavor because you boil only 1 minute with Sure-Jell and Certo.". The bottom part of the ad is a recipe for perfect homemade Strawberry Jam complete with pictures to assist you. There is also a pictore that has the box of Sure-Jell next to a bottle of Certo. |
June 1956 Good Housekeeping |
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| Tobasco |
Full color 7 1/4" x 11" ad that talks about Tobasco Sauce. This ad introduces "A Well Seasoned Travelers Guide to Tobasco". This ad contains two recipes that are Hong Kong recipes to use Tobasco Sauce, for people who felt that there was nothing that could be done with this. The first is something called Foo Yoong Shea Daahni and the second is called Sun La Chu Chieni. Thhey also offer suggestions for putting "3 drops on your breakfast eggs; 4 drops in a glass of tomato juice and 1/4 teasp. in a pint of mayonnaise". |
July 1958 Holiday |
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| Washburn-Crosby |
Three color 9 1/2" x 14 1/2" ad for their Gold Medal Flour. The ad has a large picture of a sealed bag of this product with the headline at the top stating "Eventually" and replying with the question "Why Not Now?". |
July 1911 Ladies Home Journal |
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| White House |
Full color 8 1/4" x 11 1/4" ad for their Unsweetened Evaporated Milk. There is a picture of a family of three that has gone for a day of outdoor activities which is to include a picnic. The camera has taken an overhead shot from behind of their Red Convertible with the top down so the contents can be seen. The father is unloading a box of canned food with each of the Canned White House cans being turned with the labels upwards. Also in the back seat are tennis rackets while the young boy is sitting in the front seat sith his wooden sailboat. The headline calls it "A Ready Milk Supply for Summer Cottage and Camp" and the text describes the only ingredient being missing is about 60 percent of the water and the bottom headline says "Unopened, it keeps without ice". There is a large picture of the can with a large white house on the front. |
August 1938 Woman's Day |
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| Yeast |
Full color 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad that describes Yeast for every need. The ad shows several different types of Yeast Foam products. There is a small black smudge in the upper right corner. |
February 1927 Farm Journal |
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