The reasons this photo caught me eye: a dog, a dog in sunglasses, a dog driving a wagon, biscuits…
Surely if I encountered this in real life, I would purchase lots of Uneeda Biscuits from this cutie!
Did you know?…
A Cracker is a Hard Biscuit [1]
The two words have often been used interchangeably throughout history.
Uneeda Biscuit Killed The Cracker Barrel
Before 1897, biscuits were sold in literal Cracker Barrels.
In 1898, the National Biscuit Company(now called Nabisco) created the first moisture-proof protective cracker packaging. The first product to utilize this new invention was none other than Uneeda Biscuit! [2]
Inspired by the idea of non-soggy and individually packaged goods, many other biscuit brands followed suit. Now, “Cracker Barrel” is only known as a quirky restaurant and gift shop.
Sources
[1] “Webster’s New Illustrated Dictionary…” (1911) by Noah Webster. Scanned by the Library of Congress and located on the Internet Archive. Page 271 for the definition of a cracker.
[2] “Sixty Centuries of Progress in Biscuit Baking” (1933) by the National Biscuit Company. Credit to the University of Chicago’s Library.