#Quaker Oats Company

Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama The face of Quaker Oats seems like a kind, old man with a nice smile trying to persuade you to live a healthier lifestyle and eat oats for breakfast. Some say that he was based on William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. But there is more to the actual

Source: Atlas Obscura In 1901, Alexander P. Anderson toasted sealed test tubes of cornstarch and wheat flour in a 500-degree oven. He worked as a botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and was testing grain moisture content. Instead, he laid the groundwork for puffed cereal. When he struck a

Author: Beth Ward / Source: Atlas Obscura Imagine wandering into the kitchen for breakfast, opening a package of Quaker Oats, and finding a glass teacup inside. That’s what happened during the 1920s and 1930s, when ubiquitous household goods, such as bags of flour and canisters of tea, included

Author: Marcia Moody / Source: POPSUGAR Celebrity The queen has always maintained a dignified silence when it comes to her home life — she never gives interviews and rarely discloses even the tiniest tidbit of personal information — but a glance at the 800 or so companies that hold Royal Warrants