Aunt Jemima News Article, 1989

Name/Title

Aunt Jemima News Article, 1989

Entry/Object ID

2007.7.72

Scope and Content

Aunt Jemima News Article: St. Joseph News-Press - Timely Observations by Fred Slater - "Aunt Jemima Nears 100 Years", June 11, 1989, regarding Aunt Jemima dolls and the Aunt Jemima trademark used by a mill in St. Joseph for its pancake flour. The mill later was acquired by Ouaker Oats Co. The articles retells the legend of Aunt Jemima and mentions Nancy Green as the first Aunt Jemima, who even visited the Worlds Columbia Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where she served pancakes to the public.

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Search Terms

Slater, Fred, Aunt Jemima, Black History, Pancake Flour, Quaker Oats Company, R.T. Davis Mill Company, Aunt Jemina Pancake Mills Company

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Object Name

News Clipping

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

FREDERICK W. SLATER

Person or Organization

Nancy Green

Person or Organization

Wright, Purd

Person or Organization

Christ Rutt

Person or Organization

Charles G. Underwood

Person or Organization

Weyth, N.C.