#OTD in 1947
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‘“I think men act *much* older than women!” insisted Elsie, the Borden Cow’
Borden’s dairy products. Illustrator unknown.
*The Saturday Evening Post*, July 19, 1947
#illustration #illustrationart #dairy #Bordens #ElsieTheCow #farm #dairyfarm

‘”So I’m acting old, am I?” yawned Elmer, the bull. “Well, I’m old *enough* to know that I don’t want to go in for any doggone arty painting!” ...’
#painting #hobby #oilpaints #ElmertheBull #ElsieTheCow

#THISWEEK in 1947
‘”But, dear, I’m not supporting a herd of relatives!” cried Elsie, the Borden Cow’
The Borden Company
*Collier’s*, July 12, 1947
#milk #ElsieTheCow #TheBordenCompany #BordensMilk #illustration #illustrationart #cows #dairy #HomeEconomics #inflation

I passed by this mosaic of #ElsieTheCow in Flushing Meadows/Corona Park three years ago today (4.8.21); Borden developed the image to promote milk & the dairy industry, which subjects cows to #AnimalCruelty on an industrial scale... #vaches #mucche #Kühe #kýr #소
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