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Cream of Wheat
As I continued to research the history behind this ad I slowly noticed these cream of wheat ads were mostly taken place during segregation time because most of the ad seemed to make white and colored people equal. The ad is trying to prove that we are not as different from one another as most people think. -
Cream of wheat (2)
This ad also took place during a time of segregation n the quote "Ah've always said and now repeat ma health is due to cream o wheat" indicated that cream wheat was one of the food the colored people mostly ate back in those days. The first food provided by a colored person that was approved by white people. -
Log Cabin Syrup
Log Cabin syrup was introduced in 1887. Grocer Patrick James Towle who lived in the village of Forest Lake, Minnesota. He named the syrup in honor of his childhood hero President Abraham Lincoln, who was famed for spending his childhood living in a log cabin. The brand was acquired by General Foods in 1927 and remained one of that company's major brands for decades. Many were a fan of the syrup and thought women could drag a man home just by providing it. -
Whitman's chocolate
In the early 20th century, Pickaninny Peppermints were a popular Whitman confection. But the future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and, at the time, NAACP lawyer took issue with the name. In a 1941 article directed at Whitman's published in the Afro-American, Marshall urged Whitman's Candies to realize its racial insensitivity. Whitman's denied that the term "pickaninny" was racist and responded to Marshall by saying that it meant "cute colored kid". His product was drooped. -
Light Oil
Hanson's corn oil was an entirely safe and superior illumination oil for Kerosene lamps. I believe that when this light oil first it was back in those times when there were not as much light like the ones we have today and people told the time basedon he sunrise and sunset so when this idea first came out the company was confident that no one of any class would be able to turn town the product because it was needed badly. -
Airbrush Legs
The issue during this time period supposedly was that ladies wanted a product that made there skin feel good and also made them feel good I there bare ski instead of wearing tights,leggings or panty hose and when this product came out it was something ladies were really into and the product was very popular. -
Dr. Pepper
when dr. pepper's ads first started to come there was a rival between dr. pepper and coca cola. Both company wanted there products to be stole andi also think that at the time of this ad lady's wasn't looked at as strong and independent because the quote "It's not for women" is kind of suggesting that a lady wouldn't be able to handle the drink. -
Cigarettes
During the time when Anti-cigarettes ads were being advertised was when they were trying to put a stop to cigarettes to ladies who were pregnant and were addicted to smoking cause healthy and there were complaints going on and people threatened to file a law sue. -
Diet Pepsi
At the time when tis ad came out I believe that the cocoa cola companies were trying to prove that diet Pepsi was good for those who wanted to drink pepsi and still be able to loose weight because most sodas are really fattening and the company was trying to find away to make more money and to gain costumers. By looking at this ad people would assume that diet pepsi helps with weight lost which is not true. -
Car
During this time there were not enough cars that were strong enough to go through dirt and bad weathers which was why companies were trying to come up with a car that can handle those disasters and this ad indicates that this car can go any where(it can take on the challenge that most cars can't).
