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Ad – 1935: Own a Potato Chip Factory

Published on March 4, 2021

Posted in: Food

Own a Potato Chip Factory, Long-Eakins Company, Popular Mechanics, June 1935, page 151A.

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Ad – 1936: Beeman’s Pepsin Chewing Gum

Published on March 4, 2021

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Beeman's Pepsin Chewing Gum Ad, Cosmopolitan, August 1936, page 117.

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Ad – 1933: Curtiss Baby Ruth Root Beer Candy

Published on March 4, 2021

Posted in: Food

Curtiss Baby Ruth Root Beer Candy Ad, Film Fun, December 1933, page 5.

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Ad – 1926: Romance Flour

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Posted in: Food

Romance Flour, Wausau Daily Herald, March 5, 1926, page 9.

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Ad – 1907: Korn-Kinks Cereal Ad

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Korn-Kinks Malted Corn Flakes, Harrisburg Telegraph, March 7, 1907, page 5.

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Ad – 1906: Egg-O-See Cereal

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Egg-O-See Cereal Ad, Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1906, page 32.

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Ad – 1954: Velvet Freeze Ice Cream

Published on March 3, 2021

Posted in: Food

Vintage Velvet Freeze Ice Cream advertisement from the August 27, 1954 issue of the St. Louis Dispatch.

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Ad – 1918: Every Day Evaporated Milk

Published on March 3, 2021

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Vintage Ad for Every Day Evaporated Milk that appeared in the October 8, 1918 issue of the Boston Post.

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Ad – 1927: Heinz Tomato Ketchup

Published on March 3, 2021

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Vintage Ad for Heinz Tomato Ketchup that appeared in the Bridgeport Telegram on March 17, 1927.

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