{"product_id":"1919-macaroni-cardstock-trolley-sign-by-armour-grain-co","title":"1919 Macaroni Cardstock Trolley Sign by Armour Grain Co.","description":"\u003cp\u003e1919; publ. by Niagara Litho Co. for Armour Grain Co. - Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCardstock trolley advertisement dominated by an illustrated yellow box of Armour's Macaroni. The company's \"Elf\" mascot appears on the package, with striped curtains behind it and the slogan \"short-cut to avoid awkward eating\" beneath. The package text includes \"Scientifically made at Battle Creek, Mich.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nArmour Grain Co. was established in Chicago in 1890, one of the Armour family's many ventures following Philip Danforth Armour Sr.'s success during the late-19th-century meatpacking boom.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe \"Scientifically made at Battle Creek Michigan\" wording can be read as a pointed reference to Will Keith and John Harvey Kellogg and Battle Creek's reputation for scientifically promoted foods. John Harvey directed the Battle Creek Sanitarium, founded by Seventh-day Adventists, where electricity, light, vibration, and enemas formed part of its regimen. His food experiments, including the development of corn flakes with his brother, were tied to the institution's ideas about diet, health, and behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nShows wear around the edges, scattered scuffs, and rips along the bottom.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n21\" W x 11\" H\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMM - C-12538 - 021025\u003cbr\u003e\nMM - 102926\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor information regarding shipping, please visit our Terms \u0026amp; Conditions page \u003ca class=\"GeneratedLink\" href=\"https:\/\/industrialartifacts.net\/pages\/shipping\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Industrial Artifacts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68075905482795,"sku":"C-12538","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0194\/8170\/files\/0e46be65-40e0-5faf-babf-7ef23192d722.jpg?v=1793300750","url":"https:\/\/industrialartifacts.net\/products\/1919-macaroni-cardstock-trolley-sign-by-armour-grain-co","provider":"Industrial Artifacts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}