Gold Medal Flour advertisement with woman baking, Washburn-Crosby – Antique Print
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Gold Medal Flour advertisement with woman baking, Washburn-Crosby
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Gold Medal Flour was a product of the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis, which later became General Mills, and this advertisement shows a woman at the baking table, a scene chosen to tie the brand to home kitchens. Early twentieth-century flour makers relied heavily on printed advertising in magazines and on trade cards, and they often pictured capable housewives to reassure cooks that a sack of their flour would produce reliable results. Washburn-Crosby ran a well-known contest for home bakers and built its reputation on dependable milling, so the picture reflects the period's close link between packaged foods and the domestic kitchen. It is worth noticing how the image presents baking as a skill of the household rather than of the professional bakery.
| Original scan | 625 × 889 px |
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| Reference | 520 |
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