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Cream of Wheat (1904)
Cream of Wheat (1904)
AdvertisementCream of Wheat (1904)
Company/Advertising AgencyCream of Wheat Company
Publication SourceTrade Register, Vol 23 (27), p. 6
Publisher LocationUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Publication DateDecember 31, 1904

Advertisement TextThere a few dealers who don't know the chef. It pays to know Cream of Wheat. Kelley-Clarke Co.
Contextual NotesIn 1893, wheat millers at the Diamond Milling Company in Grand Forks, North Dakota invented a new breakfast porridge. Cream of Wheat packages featured an African American chef named Rastus.

CategoryNutrition and food
African Americans
Commercial products
Subjects (LCTGM)Prepared cereals
Subjects (LCSH)Breakfast cereals; African Americans in advertising
Geographic CoverageUnited States

Digital CollectionEarly Advertising
Digital ID NumberADV0085
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionPacific Northwest Collection. 979.705 TRA
Object TypeAdvertisement
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008
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