Quaker Oats advertisement: Distinctly Good to Eat – Historic Reproduction
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Quaker Oats advertisement: Distinctly Good to Eat
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Quaker Oats began promoting its breakfast cereal in the 1880s and 1890s, and this advertisement's slogan, "Distinctly Good to Eat," sits in the tradition of the company's early push to make oatmeal a household staple in American kitchens. Cereal makers of the period relied heavily on bold lettering and wholesome imagery to persuade families that a hot grain porridge was both nourishing and modern. Quaker's packaging and posters from these years are often studied for how they tied oats to health, reliability and the growing middle-class kitchen. Worth noticing is how the copy promises flavor as well as virtue, a shift that helped cereal move from plain medicine-like fare to a pleasure.
| Original scan | 600 × 935 px |
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| Reference | 13 |
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