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All Doors Open To Jell-O America's Most Famous Dessert

Publisher: Genesee Pure Food Co. (Le Roy, N.Y.)

Keyterm: Children

Brand: Jell-O

Language: English

Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker

Filename: msuspcsbs_jell_geneseepur22

Citation: All Doors Open To Jell-O America's Most Famous Dessert. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at https://lib.msu.edu/sliker/object/133

Copyright: This item is in the public domain.

Publication Date: 1917

Description: The front cover features an illustration of the JELL-O Girl in a white frock with an empire waistline and blue ribbon opening a white door from the garden. The title "All Doors Open to JELL-O America's Most Famous Dessert" is written in red and black lettering below the illustration. The back cover features a picture of the JELL-O bag at the top and a box of Raspberry JELL-O at the lower right. The inside pages are made up of an insert that contains recipes on how to make various types of JELL-O. Some of the recipes listed include Strawberry JELL-O, Nut Frappe, Magic Ice, JELL-O Fruit Salads, and Spring Salad. At the center fold of the insert, there are eight drawn colored illustrations of different JELL-O desserts. The back end page entails five recipes for desserts utilizing JELL-O in them.