Twinkles

From probably the very early 1960s, here's a box of General Mills' Twinkles cereal, with a story book in the back of the box.

Box Of Kix

Here's the front of an old box (circa 1940) of General Mills' Kix Cereal.  The corn puffs were probably still described in 1940 as bubbles.

Cocoa Puffs Commercial 1960's

From the mid-1960s, here's a Cocoa Puffs TV commercial with Sonny the Coo-Coo (or is it Cuckoo?) for Cocoa Puffs Bird.

Twinkles Cereal TV Commercial 1960 General Mills; First Cereal to Carry ...

From 1960, here's a television commercial for Twinkles, the first General Mills cereal to carry the company's new "Big G" logo.







This was the cereal that had a storybook in the back of the box.







Kinda makes you feel old, don't it?

Wheaties: Breakfast Of Mousketeers!

From around 1955, here's a Wheaties cereal box with a special offer from Mickey Mouse.

General Mills was at that time a sponsor of ABC's Mickey Mouse Club.

'55 Pontiac

Here's a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief two-door hardtop.

Was Esther Included?

Here's a late-1950s box of General Mills' Wheaties which included a contest for an Esther Williams swimming pool.

Remember---That Was Still A War Going On

Here are the front and back of a 1944 Wheaties box.

Wow! A Ready-to-Eat Oat Cereal!!!

From circa 1945, here's the front and side panel from a box of General Mills' Cheerios.

Where's Tennessee Tuxedo?

From what looks like the mid-1960s, here's a box of General Mills' Frosty Os, with Chumley the Walrus, a sidekick on the old Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales television show on the front.

Where's Betty Fairfield?

From 1934, here's a box of Wheaties with what's supposed to be a photo of Jack Armstrong (The All-American Boy!) on the back.

Breakfast of Bowlers

From the mid-1960s, here a box of General Mills' Wheaties.

Hey, Sonny, Keep Your Clothes On!

Here's a 1960s box of General Mills' Cocoa Puffs cereal, with a fully-clothed Sonny the Cuckoo Bird.

Storybook Box

Here's an early-1960s box of General Mills' Twinkles cereal, which came with a built-on storybook.

No Rabbit?

Here's a mid-1950s box for General Mills' Trix cereal, before they started using a cereal-obsessed rabbit as its' mascot.

Whackos For Wackies?

From the 1960s, here's a box of General Mills' Wackies cereal.

Where's Sonny?

Here's a box from circa 1961 of General Mills' Cocoa Puffs cereal with the three kids who would soon be replaced by Sonny the Cocoa Puffs Cuckoo Bird, who's always Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs.

Sir Grapefellow

Here's the front of a box of General Mills' Sir Grapefellow cereal, which existed at the same time as Baron Von Redberry.

This Wasn't The Red Baron That Snoopy Was In Persuit Of, Wasn't He?

Here's a early 1970s box of General Mills' Baron von Redberry cereal.

Pac-Man Cereal Box

Here are the front and back of a 1983 box of General Mills' Pac-Man cereal.