1950 2-page magazine ad for Brach’s Chocolate covered cherries

1950 two-page color magazine ad for Brach’s Chocolate covered cherries (20 ½ x 14)

Titled “Pick Brach’s Chocolate Cherries and you pick the finest!”- the ad an open box of chocolates against a background of red cherries.

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History- (from Wikipedia) Brach's Confections is a candy and sweets company which produces and invented many modern icons of the sugary world. Brach's Confections was founded in 1904 by Emil J. Brach, a son of German immigrants who had recently invested in a candy factory which had failed. He decided that he could do a better job of it himself, opening a candy store and factory in Chicago. The company is credited with inventing several marketing techniques, such as barrel displays, glass candy counters, and the adaptation of old general store-type bulk purchasing to modern supermarkets with "pick-a-mix", a self-serve set of open candy containers which allows customers to scoop candy into bags to be sold by the pound.

Condition- This ad is made up of two separate pages and is in excellent condition. The picture shows the two pages joined together but they are sold untrimmed and not matted.

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