Preview
Creation Date
1938
Description
Cereal magazine advertisement
Brand
Kellogg's
Style/Period
American, mid-twentieth century
Culture
American
Materials/Techniques
clippings (information artifacts), magazines (periodicals)
Measurements
35.56 x 26.035 cm
Inscription
[top right]: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall / Humpty Dumpty had a great fall / all the king's horses and all the / King's men / couldn't get Humpty Dumpty to- / gether again.; [middle center]: Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! / Here's a handsome picture of me for your home; [bottom left]: Wouldn't you like my beautiful portrait? ... a lot / bigger than this; 12" wide by 15½" deep ...in full color / ...with no advertising on it ...suitable for framing and / hanging on your wall! Vernon Grant, the famous artist, / painted it to show how I was in the good old days / B. G. F. (Before the Great Fall). You can get a copy sim / ply by mailing the coupon and including two Kellogg's / Rice Krispies package-tops and a 3c stamp. *I know / you'll enjoy Rice Krispies! It's the most delicious cereal / you ever tasted ...made of grains of real rice ...flavored / all over by an exclusive, secret Kellogg flavor / ...then oven-toasted until every little grain puffs up into / a big, light, fluffy grain ...all so crisp they crackle in milk / or cream! *Your grocer sells this real-rice cereal. / Order your packages of Rice Krispies from him today!; [bottom right]: Other pictures In this series are: Jack and Jill; Humpty Dumpty; / Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater; Jack Be Nimble; and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. For each picture, with frame and glass, send four / package-top• and 25c. For all six picture, with frames and glass, send twenty package-tops and $1.40. For each unframed picture send two Kellogg's Rice Krispies package-tops and a 3c stamp.; [bottom middle]; so CRISP they crackle / in milk or ream! / Snap! / Crackle! / Pop!
Source
Life Magazine
Keywords
advertisements; Cereal Products; Breakfast Cereals