Early 20th Century Self-Framed Tin Litho Grape-Nuts Sign workplace MM - 4312 - 090123

MM - 4312 - 090123

This would have likely been found set atop of a store counter

This piece was released in the middle of Pro Arts' lifespan

though they are more accurately termed 'character jugs' or 'face jugs' in historical context

Early 20th Century Self-Framed Tin Litho Grape-Nuts Sign workplace MM - 4312 - 090123c. 1910s; Postum Cereal Co., Inc. Battle Creek, MI Antique tin litho cereal advertising sign. This piece advertises Grape Nuts, the impossibly hard to chew cereal created in 1897 by Charles W. Post. The sign references the cereal's early health claims, something Post would've learned while a patient at Battle Creek Sanitarium, where director John Kellogg claimed how grain filled foods can alter human behavior. Where Kellogg invented Corn Flakes and