Sanitas Toasted Corn Flakes advertisement: Watch the Imitators – Antique Print
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Sanitas Toasted Corn Flakes advertisement: Watch the Imitators
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The headline "Watch the Imitators" sets this advertisement apart from the usual breakfast-cereal pitch, since it warns shoppers about rival products instead of praising the box in front of them. It dates from the early 1900s, when Battle Creek, Michigan, was the center of the American ready-to-eat cereal business and the Kellogg company's corn flakes were widely copied. Sanitas Nut Food Company's toasted corn flakes competed in that crowded market, and the fight over who could use the name "corn flakes" became a well-known legal dispute. The ad reflects how fiercely cereal makers guarded their brands in that period.
| Original scan | 646 × 908 px |
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| Reference | 878 |
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