Showing posts with label bananas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bananas. Show all posts

Sunday, February 3, 2013

This standout Kellogg's ad is from 1947; the 40s're my favorite decade for food advertising.


This one's just slightly less gorgeous:



Again, sorry about the bad crops and cut-offs; my scanner's only legal-sized and Life magazine was mega-format.

Monday, January 28, 2013

This is the cover of a recipe booklet distributed to housewives to demystify bananas, which suggests its age.  That cover sure looked promising when I bought it, but the illustrations within are blurry and blah.  Peach of a cover though, especially the implied snobbery.