Aunt jemima s move has prompted some critics to argue that removing the logo would be erasing the legacy and success of the brand s original model nancy green. While quaker oats has already announced a change to the name logo and bottle will be announced in the fall family members want their opinions heard. Relatives of the original aunt jemima whose depiction is used to represent the syrup and pancake mix brand are contesting calls to have her image removed.
In her 2015 new york times piece richardson explained that the brand s name and the original logo were inspired by a minstrel song old aunt jemima minstrel shows which were popular throughout. The statement comes in the wake of pepsico pulling the logo and brand of its aunt jemima pancake mixes and syrup which portrays a stereotype of a black woman working as a servant or nanny to a. Aunt jemima original syrup mix.
3 00 shipping. Aunt jemima original light syrup 24oz bottle buttermilk pancake mix 32oz set. 2 aunt jemima syrup butter rich 2 24 oz bottles rare retired advertisement.
Aunt jemima original lite pancake syrup 24 oz bottle discontinued logo new. Nancy green was born a slave in montgomery county kentucky. She was a black storyteller and one of the first black corporate models in the united states.
Nancy green the original aunt jemima nancy green in aunt jemima logo on this date we celebrate the birth of nancy green in 1834. Alamy stock photo bottles of aunt jemima syrup line a shelf at a supermarket in lynn massachusetts june 2020. Butterworth s maple syrup on shelves at a grocery store.
Bottles of aunt jemima syrup. The aunt jemima logo changed six times before it was retired in 2020. In 1889 the creators of aunt jemima charles rutt and charles underwood sold the company to r t davis who soon found nancy green in chicago.
Nancy green was born into slavery in 1834 in montgomery county kentucky.
Aunt jemima syrup bottle original logo. Aunt jemima is a brand of pancake mix syrup and other breakfast foods. The aunt jemima pancake mix debuted in 1889 the first ready mix. By 1915 it had become one of the most recognized brands in us history and changed us trademark law. It is currently owned by the quaker oats company of chicago a subsidiary of pepsico.
In 1890 a former slave named nancy green was hired to be the spokesperson for aunt jemima brand food products.
In 1890 a former slave named nancy green was hired to be the spokesperson for aunt jemima brand food products. It is currently owned by the quaker oats company of chicago a subsidiary of pepsico. By 1915 it had become one of the most recognized brands in us history and changed us trademark law.
The aunt jemima pancake mix debuted in 1889 the first ready mix. Aunt jemima is a brand of pancake mix syrup and other breakfast foods.
