{"product_id":"1902-ad-mellins-food-guy-cothran-rome-georgia-baby-original-advertising-077581-tom3-347","title":"1902 Ad Mellin's Food Guy Cothran Rome Georgia Baby - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING TOM3","description":"This is an original 1902 black and white print ad for Mellin's Baby Food. The ad features an image of Guy S. Cothran, Jr of Rome, Georgia. \n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 109+ year old Item is rated Very Fine ++. Light aging in margins. No creases. No natural defects. No surface rub. No tears. No water damage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProduct Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Original Print Ad; Black \/ White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGrade:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Fine ++\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Approximately 6 x 8.5 inches; 15 x 22 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAuthentication:\u003c\/b\u003e Serial-Numbered Certificate of Authenticity w\/ Full Provenance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProtection:\u003c\/b\u003e Packaged in a custom archival sleeve with an acid-free black board (great for display, gift-giving, and preservation)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMellin's Baby Food.  \u003c\/b\u003e\nConsidering the difficulties some mothers had with breast-feeding, the fact that some infants could not properly digest fresh cowÕs milk, the time consuming burden of preparing and producing homemade baby food, as well as sanitation concerns surrounding infant mortality due to infected or sour milk, G. Mellin of London decided to join the few other companies that produced food for infants.  However, unlike the others, Mellin created a food for babies and infants that needed very little preparation. MellinÕs Food was already boiled and strained and only needed a small amount of hot water and milk before it could be consumed.  Theodore Metcalf \u0026amp; Company, located at 39 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, became the primary British and United States agents for MellinÕs Food. Between 1884 and 1906, Doliber-Goodale Company, located at 41 Central Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, joined as an additional selling agent for MellinÕs Food. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements for MellinÕs Food marketed its product as ÒThe genuine LiebigÕs Food,Ó as Baron Justus von Liebig was the initial innovator for infant-designed food. It was in 1867, that LiebigÕs Soluble Food for Babies was introduced in Europe. Additional companies, including MellinÕs, followed suit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamous MellinÕs Food Baby:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth Gordon Jones, an American actress and writer best known for her film roles in ÒRosemaryÕs Baby,Ó ÒEvery Which Way but LooseÓ and ÒHarold and Maude,Ó was actually discovered because of posing as a MellinÕs Food baby during her childhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopyright 2016, Period Paper LLC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeywords specific to this image: Boston, Massachusetts, Mellin's Food Company Vintage Advertising\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM3A7B5C02 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Period Paper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33571171793,"sku":"077581_TOM3_347","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/8371\/products\/TOM3_347_f4977273-5c22-4131-a799-56a4044efff0.jpg?v=1571710475","url":"https:\/\/www.periodpaper.com\/products\/1902-ad-mellins-food-guy-cothran-rome-georgia-baby-original-advertising-077581-tom3-347","provider":"Period Paper Historic Art LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}