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Presented at Bozeman Pecha-Kucha Night #2, Jan 25, 2012
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Dede TaylorThe Town that Jell-O Built
Liz Hickok, The City (San Francisco), 2008
Official snack food of Utah;
coveted Olympic pin
The Family that LeRoy, New York and Jell-O built
Jell-o Factory, Genessee Pure Foods Co., LeRoy, New York
Head ChemistLlewellyn ‘Ray’ Ferguson in the lab;
Noonie and Wy-Wy Ferguson
The democratization of dessert: Victorian maid and fancy ‘Charlotte’
1912 ad with Jell-o girl Elizabeth King “Two Perfect Things”
1915: “cheery little imps, who are always doing something to lighten tasks and brighten the dull spots in life”
1925: ‘They Wanted Jell-O”
R: 1922 Norman RockwellL: 1924 Maxfield Parrish
Dapper salesmen went door-to-door with recipe books (1928) free sample boxes; antique molds
1933 ‘Mrs. Dewey’ recipe book1936 ‘It’s the wise woman who says:’
1925 1930 1952
Famous spokespeople
Foodies discover Jell-o2011
Anne Ferguson Cooper’s scrapbook:The Jell-o Museum
and The Jell-o Brick Road
Despite its affluence, its sophisticated background,
Le Roy is as friendly and democratic a village as
you will find anywhere.
Stagecoach Towns, Arch Merrill, 1947
Bridge over Oatka River,LeRoy High School,
Woodward Memorial Library,Orator Woodward Mausoleum
1928 Opening of the
Donald Woodward Airfield, featuring The Friendship
“The Little Girl in the Rabbit-fur Coat”
Anne Ferguson
Where are they now? Jell-O Factory?
Amelia Earhart? The Friendship? Anne Ferguson?