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YOU ARE VIEWING THE SECOND FULL SIZE CREAM OF WHEAT AD 1902 ,THERE WERE ONLY TWO FULL SIZE CREAM OF WHEAT ADS IN 1902, THIS IS A 100% REAL PRINTED AD, IN 1902 CREAM OF WHEAT COMPANY APPROPRIATED ITS FIRST ADVERTISING BUDGET OF $ 10,000, WHICH INCREASED STEADILY IN THE COMING YEARS, J WALTER THOMPSON THE GIANT ADVERTISING AGENCY WAS GIVING THE JOB TO PROMOTE CREAM OF WHEAT, IN THE YEARS BEFORE 1902 CREAM OF WHEAT ADS WERE MOSTLY 3 OR 4 IN SQUARE ADS, BUT WITH THIS NEW BUDGET FULL ADS STARTED, BUT THE FULL ADS WERE NOT EVERY MONTH, THIS ONE IS THE SECOND ONE THIS YEAR, IT ALL, MEASURES 15 5/8 INS TALL BY 11 INS WIDE, THE MAGAZINES OF THAT TIME WERE LARGE, AS THE YEARS MOVED ON THEY DECREASE IN SIZE, THE AD IS BEAUTIFUL GREAT COLORS, ON A BEAUTIFUL REDDISH GREY COLORED BACKGROUND, HAS AT TOP CREAM OF WHEAT , FRESH FROM THE FIELD, , TITLED," DAINTY AND WHOLESOME CREAM OF WHEAT ", SAYS SUNLIGHT AND FRESH AIR GO TO THE MAKING OF CREAM OF WHEAT, AND IN TURN MAKES WHOLESOME ,STURDY CHILDREN, A SUFFICIENT FOOD FOR YOUNG AND OLD. PREPARED IN A SCORE OF DAINTY AND APPETIZING WAYS. SOLD EVERYWHERE AND MADE ONLY BY THE CREAM OF WHEAT COMPANY , MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, , " CREAM OF WHEAT." BOY HAVE TIMES CHANGED, AS WAS THE NOTE OF THESE TIMES , AD WAS NOT SIGNED OR DATED, ARTIST IS UNKNOWN , BUT HAS ON BOTTOM CREAM OF WHEAT COMPANY , MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., AD IS PERFECT, ,COLORS ARE CLEAR, SHARP, DEEP IN COLORS, BOLD, BRIGHT AND SHINNY, THE WHOLE AD IS DONE WITH A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT CRIMSON COLOR, WITH YOUNG GIRL CARRYING HER CREAM OF WHEAT , AS WE KNOW ONLY TWO FULL COLOR ADS WERE MADE IN 1902, WILL BE SHIPPED IN A ACID FREE BROWN BACKER BOARD AND ACID FREE PLASTIC SLEEVE, WITH HEAVY CARDBOARD FOR ADDED PROTECTION, ONE GREAT CREAM OF WHEAT AD, THIS AD IS THE REAL DEAL , NOT A REPRINT, NOT A COPY, NOT A FAKE, JUST THE REAL THING, IT IS 117 YEARS OLD , THAT,S RIGHT 117 YEARS OLD AND IN SUPER CONDITION, HAS NO RIPS,, , NO MISSING PIECES, AND THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY AUCTION, PS COST OF SHIPPING INCLUDES FULL INSURANCE ON THIS AD, MODEL NO- RMMM- VFWEA456-NF4576-NVES4GGY667-NGU90-