Wonder Ads
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Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Wonder Bread and their Hostess Fruit Pies. The top half of the ad is dedicated to the Wonder Bread, having a top headline that says that you should "Make the most of their "Wonder Years"". There is a picture there that shows six different children having a race jumping in these bags. "Serve Wonder Bread - Wonder helps build strong bodies 12 ways" is what the headline says. "During the "Wonder Years" - one through twelve - your children develop in many ways - actually grow to their adult height. To help make the most of their "Wonder Years", serve them nutritious "Wonder Bread". Every delicious slice supplies protein for muscle, minerals for strong bones, carbohydrates for energy, vitamins for nerves - all vital elements for growing minds and bodies. To a child these wonderous early years seem endless. But for a parent they slip by like a warm spring day. So make the most out of their "Wonder Years". Serve Wonder Bread for enjoyment, for enrichment". The second part of the ad says "And serve Hostess Fruit Pies - made with more fruit filling than crust". There are a picture of a Hostess Fruit Pie with a bite out of it, another of two kids eating away and a third of a full display of them in the store.
April 22, 1966
Life magazine
1
$7.50
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Wonder 5

Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for Wonder Enriched Bread and Hostess Fruit Pies. This ad starts off with an evening photo of a girl and a boy riding their three-wheelers as the sun sets and the headline says to "Make the most of their 'Wonder Years'". The text says that "Durnig their 'Wonder Years' - one through twelve - your children develop in many ways - actually grow to 90% of their adult height. To help make the most of their 'Wonder Years,' serve them nutritious Wonder Bread. Every delicious slice is carefully enriched with foods for body and mind. So make the most of their 'Wonder Years' by serving Wonder Bread every day". At the bottom of this ad it asks you "...and serve Hostess Fruit Pies - made with more fruit filling than crust". There are three pictures here, the first one shows a Hostess Fruit Pie with a bite taken out of it and cherry filling spilling out. The second picture shows a little boy licking his lips as he prepares to bite into a Hostess Fruit Pie and the third one shows a filled rack of Hostess Fruit Pies.
March 24, 1967
Life magazine
1
$7.50
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Wonder 6

Full color 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad that, under the shadows of three young children playing on a picket fence, is the headline saying to "Make the most of their "Wonder Years". The bottom part of the ad says "...and serve Hostess Fruit Pies - made with more fruit filling than crust". There are three photos below this headline. The first one shows a Hostess turnover shaped fruit pie with an end split off of it so we can see the amount of fruit filling that is spilling out. The second picture shows a young lady excitedly eating one of these delicious pies. And the third photo shows a store rack filled with eight different flavors of this product.
April 21, 1967
Life magazine
1
$7.50
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Wonder 3

Full color 10" x 13 1/2" ad for the bread that has the saying "Make the most of their Wonder Years". The ad at the top of the page shows a young girl jumping rope as the sun is starting to set behind her. The ad refers to The Wonder Years as being years one through twelve and claim that you children grow to within 90 % of their adult height. To make the most of this time it is suggested that you serve them Wonder Bread to make the best of their Wonder Years. The pictures at the bottom are their second line, the ad says "and serve Hostess Fruit Pies - made with more fruit filling than crust". The left picture is of a single Fruit Pie with one end kind of crumbled as if it had been bitten. The right side picture shows a display of Hostess Fruit Pies, all different flavors. In the middle picture is a young girl with a Hostess Fruit Pie in her mouth chewing away.
May 19, 1967
Life magazine
1
$7.50
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Wonder 2

Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their products that will "Make the most of their 'Wonder Years'", We see a picture of a child gleefully swinging on a rope swing with the setting sun bright in the distance and the picture of a loaf of their Wonder Bread talks about the importance of getting the proper nutrution from years one through twelve. The bottom portion of the ad is devoted to the product that you will have little problem feeding your child: Hostess Fruit Pies. They are claimed to have "more fruit filling than crust" and, next to a picture of a child devouring one, we see a display that shows the number of different flavors that were offered..
January 1, 1968
Life magazine
1
$7.50
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Wonder 1

Full color 10" x 13 1/2" ad that wants you to "Make the most of their Wonder Years". In this ad the top photo, against a red background with the sun low in the sky, we can see a young male reaching up as he holds a plane in his hand. There is a stick-in white label that says "The "Wonder Years," one through twelve, are the formative years when you can do the most for your child's growth". Below this are three pictures under the heading "...and serve Hostess Fruit Pies - made with more fruit filling than crust".
June 14, 1968
Life magazine
1
$7.50
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