Little Cookbooks: The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Culinary Collection

Jell-O And The Kewpies. 10 Cents A Package. America's Most Famous Dessert

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A red and white cover with the JELL-O Girl pouring hot water into a tin measuring cup. Two kewpies, one holding a JELL-O mold and the other pointing to the tea kettle, assist the JELL-O Girl. There is an open box of strawberry JELL-O on the counter. The back features four kewpies, two adjacent to the JELL-O box and the other two are tacking up a sign reading "Be sure that JELL-O is on the package you get." The back cover states "JELL-O is sold only in packages like the one guarded by the kewpies. The famous JELL-O desserts can not be made of any thing sold in any other kind of package." Lacks Ice Cream Powder insert. There is a short biography of Rose O'Neil and the six authors of JELL-O pamphlet on the back of the front end page. 18 pages without insert.

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Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker

Brand Name: Jell-O

Publisher: Genesee Pure Food Co. (Le Roy, N.Y.)

1915

18 p.

15.6 x 11.1 cm

Pamphlets

Language: English

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Copyright: This item is in the public domain.

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Citation: Jell-O And The Kewpies. 10 Cents A Package. America's Most Famous Dessert. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=131

illustration of king running with tray of tarts

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