Pineapples find their heyday in jazz-age America...and the food industry finds a way to ruin them.
Ninety-Nine Tempting Pineapple Treats, 1924
From Pineapple Salad Mousse to Pineapple Omelets and Prize Pineapple Pie (awarded first prize at the 1921 Cleveland Food Show), this 1924 advertising pamphlet explores all the uses for “America’s favorite” fruit.
This Dessert Just Suits Me, 1910s
Uncle Sam implores you to sample Rich’s Tryphosa, a jelly dessert known for its “daintiness, purity, and excellence.”
The Know-How Family, 1952
Introducing Mother, Dad, Sue, Son, and Skippy their frisky pup, a happy, alert American family that is oddly preoccupied with baking soda.