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YOU ARE VIEWING A MAGNIFICENT CREAM OF WHEAT AD FROM 1907, THIS IS ONLY THE 5 TH YEAR OF THEIR MAJOR AD PROMOTIONS, THEY STARTED IN 1902 TO DO MAJOR FULL PAGE ADS, BEFORE MOST OF THEY ADS WERE 1/4 PAGE OR MAYBE SOME 1/2 PAGE ADS, AND A LOT OF THEIR EARLY ARTIST DID NOT SIGN THEIR ADS, THIS IS UNSIGNED BUT DATED, AS YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE COOK BOOK HAS 07, COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL, WITH A VERY BIG PICTURE OF RASTUS THE FAMOUS DETROIT CHEF, HIS REAL NAME WAS FRANK L WHITE, HE WAS BORN IN BARBADOS IN 1867, MOVED TO THE US IN 1889, AND BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 1900, WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN DETROIT AS A CHEF, AND BECAME THE FACE OF CREAM OF WHEAT , FEATURED, FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, HE STILL WAS ON THE ADS BUT WAS NOT THE FEATURE OF THE ADS, HE WAS PAID $ 5 PER AD, MEASURES, 14 7/8 INS TALL , BY 10 INS WIDE, THIS IS A 100% REAL AD PRINT, NOT A REPO, NOT A COPY, NOT A FAKE, IT IS 114 YEARS OLD , AND STILL IN SUPER CONDITION, NO RIPS , NO CUTS, OR MISSING PIECES AT ALL, DOES HAVE ONLY ONE SLIGHT FOLD, IN MIDDLE ACROSS, VERY LIGHT, THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND, WILL BE SHIPPED IN A ACID FREE PLASTIC SLEEVE AND A ACID FREE WHITE CARDBOARD BACKER BOARD, WITH HEAVY CARDBOARD AS ADDED PROTECTION, , THESE EARLY 1907 ADS ARE VERY HARD TO FIND, , BOTTOM OF AD SAYS, " COPYRIGHT 1907 CREAM OF WHEAT CO, THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY AUCTION, PS COST OF SHIPPING INCLUDES FULL INSURANCE ON THIS PRINT, MODEL NO RMM-82520-3434545-NJRRE5678-HD356870-UJ7R56670-TE32YUY-0J89