Jackie Robinson Wheaties Cereal Advertisement
Description
A color slide of a full-length drawing of Jackie Robinson, see posing in a batting position on a Wheaties advertisement. He is depicted finishing his baseball swing and is wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform. The cereal's slogan, "Breakfast of Champions" is written on the advertisement's bottom portion and depicts a Wheaties box. Written underneath the drawing of Robinson is a small biography, which reads, "Jackie Robinson won National League's Most Valuable Player award last season. Dodger star also voted Baseball Champion of the Year by nationwide audience of "Jack Armstrong - All-American." and - he's a Wheaties man! "A lot of us ball players go for milk, fruit and Wheaties," says Robinson. "Nourishing and swell eating the year around." The following is written on the physical slide, "Wheaties Ad."
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Picture Date
1950–1950