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- French's Mustard Recipe Booklet No. 16, 1926 - In 1904, the R.T. French Company introduced its Cream Salad Mustard. Prior to this, mustard was stone ground, thick, and often grainy, but French's new processed condiment was mild in flavor and easy to spread. It soon became a staple in American ballparks, where hot dogs were common fare. This recipe booklet offered additional uses, making it a favorite condiment in home kitchens as well.
- 1926
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French's Mustard Recipe Booklet No. 16, 1926
In 1904, the R.T. French Company introduced its Cream Salad Mustard. Prior to this, mustard was stone ground, thick, and often grainy, but French's new processed condiment was mild in flavor and easy to spread. It soon became a staple in American ballparks, where hot dogs were common fare. This recipe booklet offered additional uses, making it a favorite condiment in home kitchens as well.
- Procter & Gamble Product Coupon, "Save 8c on Tide," 1958 -
- 1958
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Procter & Gamble Product Coupon, "Save 8c on Tide," 1958
- Recipe Booklet, "French's One-Dish Meals & More," 1999 - The R.T. French Company debuted its first condiment (Cream Salad Mustard) in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. Since then, the French's brand has expanded to include a wide variety of condiments and food items. This recipe booklet from 1999 features creative one-dish meals utilizing French's products.
- 1999
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Recipe Booklet, "French's One-Dish Meals & More," 1999
The R.T. French Company debuted its first condiment (Cream Salad Mustard) in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. Since then, the French's brand has expanded to include a wide variety of condiments and food items. This recipe booklet from 1999 features creative one-dish meals utilizing French's products.
- Trade Card for Dr. Geo. J. Ward, circa 1886 "Christmas Time Goods" - 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.
- circa 1886
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Trade Card for Dr. Geo. J. Ward, circa 1886 "Christmas Time Goods"
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, "Now Jell-O Tastes Twice as Good... Enjoy These Tempting Recipes," 1934 - In 1899, Orator F. Woodward acquired the rights to Jell-O and published recipe booklets to gather interest. The booklets proved to be an invaluable marketing strategy, providing homemakers with creative uses for the ready-made product. This booklet offers recipes utilizing Jell-O products with an extra-rich fruit flavor developed by "blending the pure fruit flavor right into the tiny Jell-O crystals!"
- 1934
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Recipe Booklet, "Now Jell-O Tastes Twice as Good... Enjoy These Tempting Recipes," 1934
In 1899, Orator F. Woodward acquired the rights to Jell-O and published recipe booklets to gather interest. The booklets proved to be an invaluable marketing strategy, providing homemakers with creative uses for the ready-made product. This booklet offers recipes utilizing Jell-O products with an extra-rich fruit flavor developed by "blending the pure fruit flavor right into the tiny Jell-O crystals!"
- Zest Beauty Bar Product Sample, 1957 - Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched Zest soap in the mid-1950s. The company promoted Zest as a deodorant soap that created a rich lather with mild scent, leaving skin fresh and clean with no soap residue. Advertisers would create the famous "Zestfully Clean" campaign that made Zest a household name.
- 1957
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Zest Beauty Bar Product Sample, 1957
Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched Zest soap in the mid-1950s. The company promoted Zest as a deodorant soap that created a rich lather with mild scent, leaving skin fresh and clean with no soap residue. Advertisers would create the famous "Zestfully Clean" campaign that made Zest a household name.
- Edwin J. Gillies & Company Catalog, 1908 -
- 1908
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Edwin J. Gillies & Company Catalog, 1908
- Larkin Company Trade Catalog, "The Larkin Factory to Family Plan, 73rd Catalog," Spring and Summer 1915 - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- 1915
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Larkin Company Trade Catalog, "The Larkin Factory to Family Plan, 73rd Catalog," Spring and Summer 1915
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- Recipe Booklet, "Jr. Edition No. 14-6, Made Dishes Salads and Savories with French's Cream Salad Mustard," circa 1926 - In 1904, the R.T. French Company introduced its Cream Salad Mustard. Prior to this, mustard was stone ground, thick, and often grainy, but French's new processed condiment was mild in flavor and easy to spread. It soon became a staple in American ballparks, where hot dogs were common fare. This recipe booklet offered additional uses, making it a favorite condiment in home kitchens as well.
- circa 1926
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Recipe Booklet, "Jr. Edition No. 14-6, Made Dishes Salads and Savories with French's Cream Salad Mustard," circa 1926
In 1904, the R.T. French Company introduced its Cream Salad Mustard. Prior to this, mustard was stone ground, thick, and often grainy, but French's new processed condiment was mild in flavor and easy to spread. It soon became a staple in American ballparks, where hot dogs were common fare. This recipe booklet offered additional uses, making it a favorite condiment in home kitchens as well.
- Advertising Handbill, "Celebration of Emancipation Weekend," Greenfield Village, August 2006 -
- 12 August 2006 - 13 August 2006
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Advertising Handbill, "Celebration of Emancipation Weekend," Greenfield Village, August 2006