Quaker Oats, 1941

[medren.livejournal.com]

In 5 years, Mother will be telling poor Janie she's "filled out" too much. Also, the Quaker guy looks even creepier than he does today.

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[keristars.livejournal.com]

This is 1941, so advertised to folks whose kids were practically starving during the depression years (which didn't fully go away for many until the height of the War), as being a good and filling food for not a lot of money? Kind of makes sense to me...I vaguely recall similar things about food in Europe after the war.

yep...

[radteacherally.livejournal.com]

I think it could happen again if the unemployment rate gets any worse.
I'm a single woman and I have a hard time feeding myself...I can't imagine how difficult it is to feed kids for families who are struggling.