Ad, Baker's Coconut: I never saw what Teddy Bears were made of... By Franklin Baker Div., General Foods, White Plains, N.Y.; in unknown magazine, ca. 1961.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

Baker's Coconut; Baker's Chocolate; teddy bears; unknown mag, 1961.

Baker's Coconut; Baker's Chocolate; teddy bears; unknown mag, 1961.

Name/Title

Ad, Baker's Coconut: I never saw what Teddy Bears were made of... By Franklin Baker Div., General Foods, White Plains, N.Y.; in unknown magazine, ca. 1961.

Entry/Object ID

2010.007.0430

Scope and Content

Baker's Coconut ad: I never saw what Teddy Bears were made of... until Baker's Coconut and Baker's Chocolate. Full-page color advertisement by (Franklin Baker Division) General Foods, White Plains, N.Y. as published in unknown magazine, probably 1961, page unknown. Clipped leaf, 10-1/4" x 13-13/16" high. Promoted Baker's Angel Flake Coconut with boxed package depicting the Teddy Bear cut-up cake. Baker's Chocolate was a separate product line and separate division of General Foods. The General Foods Kitchens logo is seen in black-and-white. End date for Franklin Baker operations in Hoboken has not been established, but as this ad shows, General Foods has dropped the Franklin Baker name and Hoboken address.

Acquisition

Accession

2010.007

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1961 - 1961

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1961 Date(s): 1961

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-11-09