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YOU ARE VIEWING A MAGNIFICENT CREAM OF WHEAT AD FROM 1910, THIS IS THE ONLY AD OF ITS KIND MADE, " TITLED " DON,T FORGET CREAM OF WHEAT "IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE AT RASTUS BOW TIE, IT IS BLUE, THERE WERE ABOUT 250 OR SO OF THESE ADS MADE, I COULD NOT FIND A SINGLE OTHER ONE WITH HIM IN A BLUE BOW TIE AND I HAVE 959 OF THESE ADS, THEY STARTED IN 1902 TO DO MAJOR FULL PAGE ADS, BEFORE MOST OF THESE ADS WERE 1/4 PAGE OR MAYBE SOME 1/2 PAGE ADS, THIS IS SIGNED BY THE ARTIST THAT DID THE SECOND MOST ADS, W V CAHILL HE DID 18 , THE ARTIST THAT DID THE MOST WAS EDWARD V BREWER HE DID 118, , COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL, WITH A VERY BIG PICTURE OF RASTUS IN THE BACKGROUND WITH HIS FAMOUS BLUE BOW TIE, IF SOMEONE KNOWS OF ANOTHER PRINT, PLEASE EMAIL ME, THE FAMOUS DETROIT CHEF, HIS REAL NAME WAS FRANK L WHITE, HE WAS BORN IN BARBADOS IN 1867, MOVED TO THE US IN 1889, AND BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 1900, WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN DETROIT AS A CHEF, AND BECAME THE FACE OF CREAM OF WHEAT , FEATURED, FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, HE STILL WAS ON THE ADS BUT WAS NOT THE FEATURE OF THE ADS, AFTER 1925, HE WAS PAID $ 5 PER AD, AD MEASURES, 14 1/2 INS TALL , BY 9 3/4 INS WIDE, THIS IS A 100% REAL AD PRINT, NOT A REPO, NOT A COPY, NOT A FAKE, IT IS 111 YEARS OLD , AND STILL IN SUPER CONDITION, NO RIPS OR MISSING PIECES AT ALL, DOES HAVE THREE SMALL SPOTS TWO ON RIGHT SIDE EDGES, AND ON NEAR EDGE NEXT TO LADY,S DRESS, AND THAT,S IT AD IS PERFECT, , BUT THAT GIVES PRINT, AUTHORITATIVENESS, THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND, WILL BE SHIPPED IN A ACID FREE PLASTIC SLEEVE AND A ACID FREE WHITE CARDBOARD BACKER BOARD, WITH HEAVY CARDBOARD AS ADDED PROTECTION, , THESE EARLY 1910 ADS ARE VERY HARD TO FIND, , BOTTOM OF AD SAYS, ON LEFT SIDE, PAINTED BY W V CAHILL, FOR CREAM OF WHEAT COMPANY,ON RIGHT SIDE BOTTOM " COPYRIGHT 1910 CREAM OF WHEAT COMPANY, THIS IS ANOTHER RARE FEATURE OF THIS AD , ALMOST ALL THERE ADS SAID, CO, BUT NOT THE FULL WORD, , THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY AUCTION, PS COST OF SHIPPING INCLUDES FULL INSURANCE ON THIS PRINT, MODEL NO RMM-82520-3434545-NJRRE5678-HD356870-UJ7R56670-TE32YUY-0J89
