amylsacks' photos
The Sealtest Food Advisor (3), Spring 1937
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Make a pancake from cornmeal, add lots of cottage cheese and dump on some canned tomatoes, and you get-- Enchiladas, Ladies and Gentleman. No, [snerk] really!
The Sealtest Food Advisor (2), Spring 1937
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"LIver and lima beans inside a milky heart will prove to the family how much I love them!"
The Sealtest Food Advisor, Spring 1937
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Peas and... whipped cream. Okay.
Front and back covers of a promotional published by Sealtest, Inc.
Pineapple Growers Association Ad, 1953
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If you peek into the center of the slice, you can see clear through to China!
From the Pineapple Growers Association, published in the December issue of Collier's magazine.
"Fifty Years' Experience"(6), 1956
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And thus ends our saga. Such local landmarks as the 24-hr Church Of Elvis, the Metro on Broadway, and The Pagoda are long gone, but Franz -- in its fragrant, white glory-- marches on!
"Fifty Years' Experience"(5), 1956
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Plus, all the non-cartoon people look so gloomy. Well, except for the bread truck dude. Maybe he was the only one whose photo got snapped on a Friday instead of a Monday.
"Fifty Years' Experience" (4), 1956
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So apparently even then, the entire operation was run by about six people, not counting the cartoon tour guide.
"Fifty Years' Experience" (3), 1956
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"I've never sat on a loaf of bread before! It feels great!"
- MST3K, "Out Of This World" .
Franz 50th Anniversary Booklet (2), 1956
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Kids, I'm sorry we're so poorly drawn, but my nephew just graduated from art school and he really needed the gig.
"Fifty Years' Experience", 1956
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Front and back covers for a promotional published by Franz Bakery, Portland, Oregon. Sadly, they didn't have the giant revolving bread loaf on the factory roof yet. Now you have no choice but to come over and see it for yourself.
Borden's Eagle Leaflet, 1935
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"...Rotogravure picture-book (60 Photographs) showing astonishing new short-cuts. 130 recipes, including: Caramel Pudding that makes itself! How to change bread to cake! 'Boiled Salad Dressing' without cooking! Frostings! Pies! Ice Creams (freezer and automatic)!.."
One side of a fold-out published by The Borden Co., New York, N.Y.
General Foods Gourmet Ad, 1958
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Watch out! Eat too many waxen canapes and YOU'LL become wax, too! From the April issue of House Beautiful. (Yes, it was a tie-in to an article about decorating one's "Living Garage.")
MJB Rice Ad, 1956
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Imagine the years of therapy you'd need after being served this slop at an impressionable age.
Ma, it won't stop staring at meeee!!!!
Published in the March issue of Western Family magazine.
Armour Ham Leaflet, 1937
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A menu featuring refined sugar in (almost) every course, and an alien bunny landing via a Giant Cosmic Space Egg. Happy Easter, Kids!
Front and back of a promotional published by Armour & Co.
"The Sealtest Food Advisor : Lent" (5), 1939
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Please don't leave your seats before John-Boy Walton's nutritional lecture is over. Those who forget their manners won't get any Rainbow Pie.
"The Sealtest Food Advisor : Lent" (4), 1939
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I'm happy to report that not everything here contains cottage cheese. Just the finger sandwiches.
"The Sealtest Food Advisor : Lent" (3), 1939
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A diet of gigantic omelets (also Codfish Timbales, Cottage Cheese Rice Patties, and Bean & Cheese Croquettes) appears to have de-aged Mother and Dad. The sons hide their amusement with some help from the milk glasses.
"The Sealtest Food Advisor : Lent" (2), 1939
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These people clearly had better taste in architecture than in food. ("Asparagus Cheese Loaf": American cheese + asparagus + pimento = the stuff of nightmares.)
