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Vintage Cream of Wheat Art Print - Rare Ad without Rastus -
Vintage Cream of Wheat Art Print - Rare Ad without Rastus -
Vintage Cream of Wheat Art Print - Rare Ad without Rastus -
Vintage Cream of Wheat Art Print - Rare Ad without Rastus -

Vintage Cream of Wheat Art Print - Rare Ad without Rastus - "The Pirate" - NEW

$ 5.78

Availability: 76 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Reproduction
  • Color: Multi-color
  • Brand: Cream of Wheat
  • Condition: New

    Description

    Vintage Cream of Wheat Art Print - Rare Ad without Rastus - "The Pirate" - NEW
    Title: The Pirate
    Artist: Unsigned
    Subject: Child using Cream of Wheat case as a boat
    Will come rolled
    Cream of Wheat: Race and the Birth of the Packaged Food Industry in Minneapolis
    At a moment when Minneapolis had a very small African American community, the city became home to “Rastus,” an iconic caricature of a black man. “Rastus” was the symbol of the Cream of Wheat company, which relocated to Minneapolis in 1897 from North Dakota. Over the next 100 years, he was welcomed into households across the country.