Quaker Oats

Quaker Oats • this painting is sold

The Quaker Oats Company is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago. Quaker Oats was founded in 1901 by the merger of three oat mills:

• The Quaker Mill Company of Ravenna, Ohio, which held the trademark on the Quaker name;
• A cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by John Stuart, his son Robert Stuart, and their partner George Douglas;
• The German Mills American Oatmeal Company, owned by "The Oatmeal King", Ferdinand Schumacher of Akron, Ohio.

The company expanded into numerous areas, including other breakfast cereals and other food and drink products, and even into non-related fields such as toys.

Quaker Oats has no connection to the Religious Society of Friends also known as the Quakers. The company chose its name because Quakers are reputed for honesty in their dealings.

Also, there is a common misconception that the smiling Quaker found on boxes of Quaker Oats is William Penn. The Quaker Oats Company has stated that this is not true. The name of the model whose image appears on the packages is John C. Burns, a part-time actor and Chicago radio host. Mr. Burns died on July 24, 2003 in Orland Park, IL at age 84. The iconic image of the smiling Quaker was painted by Haddon Sundblom in 1957.

www.quakeroats.com

If you would like to purchase this 6" x 6" oil painting on stretched canvas, please email me. This painting is priced at $100.00 plus s/h.

info@annelizabethschlegel.com

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