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CREAM OF WHEAT AD 1907, TITLED ," THE BEST DISH IN THE COOK BOOK, UNKNOWN ARTIST

$ 4.57

Availability: 52 in stock
  • Color: MANY
  • Date of Creation: 1907
  • Brand: CREAM OF WHEAT
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Type of Advertising: PRINT AD

    Description

    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