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Why did they name it ...? /

Tells the story behind many famous brand names.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Hannah (Author)
Corporate Author: Madeline Kripke Collection of the History of Lexicography (Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fleet Publishing Corporation, [1964]
Subjects:
Trademarks > United States > History.
Brand name products > United States > History.
Marques de commerce > États-Unis > Histoire.
Produits de marque > États-Unis > Histoire.
Brand name products
Trademarks
United States
Brand Names.
Household Products.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • General Foods. Post Toasties
  • Birds Eye
  • Sanka
  • Yuban
  • Minute Tapioca
  • Jell-O
  • Log Cabin Syrup
  • Baker's Chocolate
  • Maxwell House Coffee
  • General Mills. Bisquick
  • Betty Crocker
  • Wheaties
  • Brown'n Serve Rolls
  • Potato chip
  • Pretzel
  • Chewing gum
  • Dubble Bubble Gum
  • Life Savers
  • Cream of Wheat
  • Quaker Oats
  • Aunt Jemima
  • Morton Salt
  • Heinz 57 Varieties
  • A&P
  • Borden Milk and Elsie the Cow
  • Coca-Cola
  • Dr Pepper
  • Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
  • Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
  • Whiskey. Bourbon
  • Old Smuggler Scotch
  • Cutty Sark Scotch
  • I.W. Harper
  • White Horse Scotch
  • Drambuie
  • Benedictine
  • Four Roses
  • Cigarettes. Camels, Prince Albert
  • Old Gold, Kent, Between the Acts
  • Pall Mall, Lucky Strike
  • Chesterfield
  • Philip Morris
  • Home remedies. Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  • Noxzema
  • Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
  • Murine
  • Dr. Scholl's Foot Aids
  • Vick's Vaporub
  • 20 Mule Team Borax
  • Cosmetics. Avon Products
  • Cutex
  • Prince Matchabelli
  • Charles Nestle and the "Permanent" Wave
  • Ivory Soap
  • Gillete Safety Razor
  • Burma-Shave
  • Transportation. Ford
  • Rambler
  • Greyhound
  • Chevrolet
  • Phillips 66
  • Cook's Tour
  • Shell Oil Company
  • Potpourri. Community Plate
  • Kodak
  • MCM and Leo the Lion
  • Dixie Cups
  • Talon Zipper
  • Scotch Tape.