Cook's Flaked Rice advertisement, a new food – Antique Wall Art
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Cook's Flaked Rice advertisement, a new food comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Cook's Flaked Rice advertisement, a new food
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Cook's Flaked Rice was sold as a new kind of ready-to-eat food, and this advertisement presents it as a novelty rather than a staple. Rolled and toasted rice flakes were part of a wave of packaged breakfast cereals that appeared in the decades around 1900, when manufacturers were trying to persuade households to swap cooked porridge for quick, boxed alternatives. Advertisements of this kind often emphasized convenience, cleanliness and modern science, so the piece is useful for seeing how early food companies sold their products to a public still unfamiliar with them.
| Original scan | 648 × 916 px |
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| Reference | 544 |
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