The Woman Behind Aunt Jemima
The A.B. Frost painting of Aunt Jemima, as she was in the early days. See below for the modern Aunt Jemima, as well as some great collectibles!
She was not only one of the greatest advertising icons of all time, but Aunt Jemima was also the advertising world's first living trademark. And, as with any such icon, she's had her fair share of controversy. But did you know who the real Aunt Jemima was?
See more here.
Special thanks to the Brilliant Kwesi. (Who also happens to be a excellent typographer/designer!!!) https://sites.google.com/site/mayuradocs/PinIt.png
8 comments:
I collect Black memoribilia ( I cannot spelltoday!) and I love advertising--my favorites are "Armour, The Ham What Am!" and Rice Crispies, "It sho' do crackle!"
I'm hunting them down!
im offended. i may be decades late....but im offended.
Shaun LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! decades late... HAAAAAAA!!!
Real talk though...The original Aunt Jemima (aka Nancy Green..."Google" her) was paid...and had a lifetime contract for her image to be shown...here's an interesting link with the background:
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=42091&ssd=11/9/2002&arch=y
I'm still offended...but kinda glad to know that she got her money...
Kwesi is smart as sh*t... how do you know this stuff. I love this guy. That is cool she got her loot. Because we've been raped enough. But to get paid for being the quintessential mammy image is a little absurd. Dammit now we're all offended.
Thank you for the compliment Craig...it's the least I could do on a very historical but incredibly short Black history month. What I find interesting is the fact that there are a lot of grey areas within advertising to "us". I figured it couldn't be as cut and dry as "we'll just paste up a picture of 'Mammy' and call it a day..."
There had to be a story behind it that deals with how we are (and in this case were) perceived, what lead to that decision and how we as African Americans had to work within the system to keep it moving...
Next time I'll try to find some news on how Nat Turner's brother became Uncle Ben...just kidding...:D! Happy Black History Month!!
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