Spry


Label for "Spry" brand triple-creamed vegetable shortening, featuring Aunt Jenny, who reminds us:

I'm telling you - Spry cakes are lighter cakes!

Found in "Stories" by Katherine Mansfield. Published by Vintage Books, 1956.

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9 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    I love everything about this one. So cute.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 24, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    I love old advertisements! I like the price on the book too, really fun stuff!

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  3. brieFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    This is so great---both the Spry ad and the paperback cover art. Lovely.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    This is making me hungry. Another great find!

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  5. Célia CostaFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    I love this ! Great find ! I love the high resolution image !Thanks so much !

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  6. KurtFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    Other great bits of Spry ad copy:

    "Spry is so white, I just know it's purer."

    Recipes "so digestible, even a child can eat 'em."

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  7. Michael PopekFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    MMM, digestible!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    Wait, where's the recipe????

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  9. Michael PopekFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    No recipe to be found. Perhaps I'll find it in another book.

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