Description
Full color 9 3/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad that is for Gaines Gravy Train Dog Food. This ad actually has two pictures, the first one, marked at “6:01 pm” shows water being added to a bowl of Gravy Train Dog Food. The next picture, marked at “6:02 pm”, shows this bowl sitting there, pretty much obscured by the dog who is happily eating away at his food. The ad headline tells us that this is the “World’s only dog food that makes its own gravy. (right in the bowl)”. As if that information was not enough, they claim that means that you have “Nothing to add for flavor: New Gravy Train has everything you dog loves – crunchy chunks, real beef flavor, and rich home-style gravy. Nothing to add for nourishment: New Gravy Train gives your dog a complete balance of vitamins, minerals and 10 different proteins. Nothing to add but warm water…for the best balanced bouquet in the whole doggone world!”. In fact, the last statement in the ad may say it best; “New Gravy Train looks like beef stew”.
Source: February 10, 1961 Life magazine.
