amylsacks' photos with the keyword: shortcake

This Dolly Madison is not to be confused with the snack-cake company that inflated every 1970s Peanuts special with ads for stuff you couldn't even buy where I lived. Bah!

"...The Easy Spry Way!" Since I started re-watching *The Carol Burnett Show*, all I can see when I look at Aunt Jenny is Thelma Harper. o_0 Front and back cover of a 50-page promotional published by Lever Brothers Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Originally posted to flickr on January 30, 2011.

The saga of Coldspot Freezers and Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a complicated one. Two volumes, one from 1958 and the other from 1959. They are more or less identical. I felt real pain about choosing which front cover to post. This one had the better title text, but the other had the better logo: it was kind of Art Deco crown-ish. But there you go. Life is all about choices.

During fresh strawberry season, all snark will be temporarily suspended. From the April issue of Everywoman's magazine.

Recipes illustrated: Braised Celery, Orange Shortcake, Cream Puffs ("Very small cream puffs about 1 inch in diameter can be made for afternoon tea refreshments or for canapes... Split and fill centers with finely chopped chicken or crab salad, a savory cheese mixture, caviar blended with Mayonnaise, or cream cheese blended with strawberry or marmalade") , and Apple Pie.

The Fleet Team (upper L) bombarded the back pages of this issue with multiple ads. All of them had different graphics and a different baked good "guesting" on the box. I don't think the brand has survived, but give them points for trying, at least. Sno-White (lower L) was made by the Crown Colony folks. Finally, on the right, we have fashions for the Clone Sisters. Even Miss "fuller figure" looks to have about a 7" waist. From the August issue of Family Circle magazine.