January 20, 2015
Washburn Mill Co.
This gorgeous lithograph from the late 1800s/early 1900s celebrated the brands of the Washburn Mill Co., and their daily flour milling capacity.
September 25, 2014
Flour Cats
This ad for Washburn-Crosby Flour from the early 1900s shows that cats have been popular in marketing since … forever. Flour kittehs!
January 16, 2014
The Best Comes From Minnesota
When people in 1908 wondered where the best flour and best cereal came from, we gave them the answer – Pillsbury’s Best from Minnesota, of course!
January 6, 2014
100 Years Ago
For one brief moment in 1914, all was quiet in this Minneapolis flour mill. So much has changed in 100 years.
December 17, 2013
Too Cold For A Kilt
This flour ad from the early 1900s showed us all it’s never too cold to play outdoors, but it is too cold to wear a kilt, young man!
October 25, 2013
The Explosion that Changed an Industry
An explosion ignited by flour dust at America’s largest flour mill - our Washburn “A” mill in Minneapolis - claimed 18 lives in 1878. It led us, and our competitors, to pursue safer milling technology in those early days. A tribute to the victims of the explosion is in a Minneapolis cemetery. We blogged about the Millers’ Monument here.
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