BETTY CROCKER by Mainstays – Retro Whistling Water Tea Kettle – Stainless Steel

Description

BETTY CROCKER – Retro Modern Whistling Water Tea Kettle – Stainless Steel
Discontinued retro modern double-handled whistling stainless teapot by Mainstays for Betty Crocker
Teapot has a combination of polished and brushed stainless steel finishes – see photos
Teapot measures approximately 10 inches tall to top of handle and 8-3/8  inches in diameter at bottom of kettle
Kettle holds approximately 7 cups to bottom of spout
Very good used condition – no dents or dings on body of teapot  – some scratches or rubs on handle and cover – discoloration on underside an inside of kettle – see photos
Teapot has on bottom:
18/10 Stainless Steel
Betty Crocker
Made in China
S107
“Surprising, then, that Betty Crocker isn’t actually a real
person. She is the brainchild of an advertising campaign developed by the
Washburn-Crosby Company, a flour milling company started in the late 1800’s
that eventually became General Mills. Gold Medal Flour, a product of
Washburn-Crosby, helped to kick-start Betty’s career. She was born in 1921,
when an ad for Gold Medal Flour was placed in the Saturday Evening Post.
The ad featured a puzzle of a quaint main street scene. Contestants were
encouraged to complete the puzzle and send it in for the prize of a pincushion
in the shape of a sack of Gold Medal Flour. The response was overwhelming;
around 30,000 completed puzzles flooded the Washburn-Crosby offices. Many of
the completed puzzles were accompanied by letters filled with baking questions
and concerns, something the Washburn-Crosby Company hadn’t anticipated.
Previously, the company’s small advertising department had dealt with customer
mail and questions. The department manager, Samuel Gale, and his all-male staff
would consult the women of the Gold Medal Home Service staff with customers’
baking and cooking questions. Gale never felt completely comfortable signing
his name to this advice, as he suspected that women would rather hear from
other women who knew their way around a kitchen. The pile of questions pouring
in from the puzzle contest reinforced the need for a female cooking authority,
somebody who could gracefully answer any kitchen questions that customers might
have. The department’s answer to this issue was to invent a female chief of
correspondence, a fictitious woman they named ‘Betty Crocker.’” (quote from pbs.org
website)
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