Shredded Wheat advertisement with a little girl at tea – Antique Print
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A window into the past: Shredded Wheat advertisement with a little girl at tea, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Shredded Wheat advertisement with a little girl at tea
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A little girl sits at a tea table in this advertisement for Shredded Wheat, the breakfast cereal first made in the 1890s by Henry Perky in Niagara Falls, New York. Ads of this kind leaned on wholesome family scenes to sell a product that was new and sometimes met with suspicion, since ready-to-eat cereal was still a novelty at the time. The domestic setting, with a child at her own tea, reflects how manufacturers hoped to link their goods to good manners, health and the modern home. It is worth looking at the printed text and layout, which show how early food advertising worked to win over mothers.
| Original scan | 623 × 871 px |
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| Reference | 402 |
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