Superman Sweater Patch
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members. So what better way to go about recruiting than by using their already
existing members? But did you know that the gimmick used by the club is now
regarded as one of the most highly collectible Superman items known? It was a
sweater patch that was advertised on a special flyer that coincided with the
release of Superman #2. Larger than most patches of the day, this patch
featured Superman in full color, breaking out of his chains. Recruiters were
promised that the wearing of such a “dandy” emblem would make them
the envy of the neighborhood. And all kids had to do to get it was spread the
word about how fantastic the Supermen of America club was, then get three of
their friends to join and cough up 10 cents each. The recruiting member could
then send the money and the names of the friends – written on the coupon at the
bottom of the flyer – and they’d receive the brilliant sweater patch.
trademark. And, as
with any such icon, she’s had her fair share of controversy. But did you know
who the real Aunt Jemima was? <br><br>Born into slavery in 1834, the woman who
would become known to millions as Aunt Jemima was really named Nancy Green. She
was a warm, friendly woman who also happened to be an excellent cook (though,
interestingly enough, the famous Aunt Jemima pancake recipe wasn’t hers). It was
in 1893 that she was discovered in Chicago, at the age of 59, by one R.T. Davis.
Head of the R.T. Davis Milling Company, Davis had just bought the pancake
formula from Chris Rutt and Charles Underwood, of the bankrupt Pearl Milling
Company. And though it was Rutt and Underwood who came up with the name
“Aunt Jemima,” it was Davis who decided to use a living person to
endorse it. <br><br>History was made that year at the World’s Columbian
Exposition in Chicago, the very first