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YOU ARE VIEWING A SUPER 1914 CREAM OF WHEAT AD , TITLED " A PROUD DAY FOR RASTUS"" BY EDWARD V, BREWER, THE V STANDS FOR VINCENT, MR BREWER IS THE DEAN OF ALL THE CREAM OF WHEAT ARTISTS, HE DID 102 OF THESE ADS , OUT OF THE 230-250 THAT WERE DONE, THERE WERE 58 ARTIST WHO DID THESE ADS , 7 WERE FEMALE, BUT THIS ONE IS VERY SPECIAL, YOU HAVE RASTUS, HAVING HIS PHOTO DONE, WITH A BUST ON THE TABLE, THE FAMOUS DETROIT CHEF, THE DETROIT CHEF,S REAL NAME IS FRANK L WHITE, BORN IN BARBADOS IN 1867, COME TO THE US IN 1889 AND BECAME A NATURAL AMERICAN CITIZEN IN 1900. ALL , BLACK AND WHITE CHARCOAL ISSUE, THIS IS THE VERY RARE VARIATION, GREAT , BEAUTIFUL WITH PHOTO OF MR BREWER IN THE PHOTO , HAVING THIS DONE IS VERY RARE, , UNTIL BREWER SCULPTED A BUST OF THE POPULAR CHEF,, , HE WAS ONLY DONE ONLY FULL FACE,. A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL ALLOWED BREWER TO PAINT THE CHEF IN A VARIETY OF POSES, , A PROUD DAY FOR RASTUS , IS A SELF PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST EXECUTING THE SCULPTURE OF THE CHEF,. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE HE DID FOR CREAM OF WHEAT, OF HIS 102, THE MR BREWER,S SIGNATURE IS IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER, , IN LOWER LEFT CORNER, SAYS PAINTED BY EDWARD V. BREWER FOR CREAM OF WHEAT CO , BEAUTIFUL, IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER HAS COPYRIGHT 1914 BY CREAM OF WHEAT CO, PICTURE JUST JUMPS RIGHT OUT AT YOU, THIS A 100% REAL PRINTED AD, NOT A REPO, NOT A FAKE, NOT A COPY , OR REPRINT, THE REAL DEAL, IS 100 YEARS OLD, , AD IS GREAT, WILL BE SHIPPED IN A ACID FREE WHITE BACKER BOARD , AND ACID FREE CLEAR PLASTIC SLEEVE, WITH HEAVY CARDBOARD FOR ADDED PROTECTION, MEASURES 14 1/2 INS TALL BY 9 1/2 INS WIDE, BLACK AND WHITE ARE CLEAR, DEEP IN COLOR, SHARP, BOLD , BRIGHT AND SHINNY, PRINT IS ALMOST PERFECT, NO IT IS NEAR PERFECT , , SEE PHOTO, HAS ON BOTTOM " A PROUD DAY FOR RASTUS""" , , IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER HAS MR BREWER,S SIGNATURE, GREAT PICTURE OF RASTUS AND MR BREWER, IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CREAM OF WHEAT ORIGINAL PRINT , THIS IS THE ONE TO HAVE, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE MANY MORE, , I AM SO SORRY FOR THE GLARE ON THE PICTURES ITS FOR THE CAMERA, THE PRINT IS NEAR PERFECT, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, OR MISSING PIECES, BUT HAS TWO WAVES IN TOP ABOUT 4 INS DOWN, AND IN THE MIDDLE, AND THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY AUCTION, PS COST OF SHIPPING INCLUDES FULL INSURANCE ON THIS AD, MODEL NO- RMM 112620--56SDFYT-JER56756-J90-HGDWA24V6-NM67GF=-JNX2Y0-K