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- Trade Card for AMC Perfect Cereals, Akron Milling Company, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for AMC Perfect Cereals, Akron Milling Company, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Recipe Booklet, "Our Favorites for Family and Friends," circa 1967 -
- circa 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Recipe Booklet, "Our Favorites for Family and Friends," circa 1967
- Advertising Poster, "Scotch Oats for Brain and Brawn," 1899 -
- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster, "Scotch Oats for Brain and Brawn," 1899
- Trade Card for AMC Perfect Cereals, Akron Milling Company, 1884-1891 - Akron, Ohio, was an early flour-producing center, with rival mills dating back to the 1830s. The Akron Milling Company, founded in 1884, specialized in flour, rolled oats, farina, hominy grits, and other grains related to the new public interest in hot breakfast cereals. Their individually packaged products stood out in grocery stores, as most food was still sold in bulk.
- 1884-1891
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for AMC Perfect Cereals, Akron Milling Company, 1884-1891
Akron, Ohio, was an early flour-producing center, with rival mills dating back to the 1830s. The Akron Milling Company, founded in 1884, specialized in flour, rolled oats, farina, hominy grits, and other grains related to the new public interest in hot breakfast cereals. Their individually packaged products stood out in grocery stores, as most food was still sold in bulk.
- Recipe Flier, "High-Protein Menus," 1954 -
- 1954
- Collections - Artifact
Recipe Flier, "High-Protein Menus," 1954