International Baking Powder advertising poster with black cat – Antique Poster Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: International Baking Powder advertising poster with black cat, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
International Baking Powder advertising poster with black cat
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A black cat is the detail that sets this advertising poster apart from the many baking-related images on the Pies board. Rather than showing pastry or a finished dessert, the design folds a household pet into the sales pitch for International Baking Powder, a product sold on the promise of lighter, more reliable home baking. Advertisers of the period often used cats, kittens and other familiar domestic animals to make a brand feel warm and friendly, and a cat lounging near the kitchen tin invites the viewer to picture the product in a cozy home. Posters like this one show how commercial art shaped American kitchens, carrying the baker's trust in a leavening agent into shop windows and streetcars.
| Original scan | 6,574 × 8,298 px · prints to 22 × 28 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 09480u |
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