Some ad copy just brings out the best in me. Then again, I would think any ad that using an image of a child and a reference to a gun...funny. See if you can guess the product.
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Those Quaker Oats! This ad was from a religious magazine from 1914. Click the image for a read-able version.
They look like pistachios. Not sure what shooting them from a gun would do.
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ReplyDeleteI live about 25 miles from the old Quaker Oats factory over in Akron Ohio, and had the opportunity to tour it many years ago. It was converted to a really unique boutique-type shopping destination and after a few decades, has been re-imagined into the new Quaker Square Inn at the University of Akron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Square
I found an article that explains the hugely successful "shot from guns" ad campaign, that started in 1913 and increased Quaker's sales by more than 30-fold.
Look for the 2nd sub-heading called "So What Is Needed To Pop These Grains?"
http://www.dewsworld.com/FPuffedGrain.html
Quakers, shot from guns, I don't know, something doesn't compute!
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