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Full color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad for Campbell‘s soup that insists that “It’s Chicken Soup New Orleans style!”. Pictured in the ad is a bowl of this delicious soup sitting in a colorful bowl on a fancy dining room table. There is a can of Chicken Gumbo soup next to the pictured bowl. The ad headline claims that “Up from Creole kitchens comes a different and delightful chicken soup”. Then the ad goes into details about this soup. “Old New Orleans! Famous city of famous dishes and one of the most famous of all is chicken gumbo soup. Have you tasted this excitingly different chicken soup – a soup of rich chicken stock and garden vegetables? As Campbell‘s make it today – adapted from an honored old Creole recipe – it’s a delight from first delicious sip to last satisfying spoonful. Just to list the good things that go into Campbell‘s Chicken Gumbo Soup is to tempt your appetite. It’s deep-flavored chicken stock is crammed with such delicacies as green okra, luscious tomatoes, fluffy rice and tender pieces of chicken – all seasoned with savory herbs”.
Source: May 1949 Woman’s Home Companion.
