Description:
Color Postcard showing a photo of the luxurious interior of the Grandin advertising company building. C. W. Post (1856-1914) first visited Battle Creek as a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. He started the Postum Cereal Company in 1895, introducing a cereal drink, Postum, at that time and Grape Nuts cereal in 1897. In 1908 he started production of Elijah's Manna, a flaked corn cereal that later became known as Post Toasties. This building on the grounds of the Post Products Division was originally used as home of the Grandin Advertising company, associated with the Postum company and later used as administrative offices for the company.
Caption on front: The Door Unbolted Come In Visitors Welcome A Glimpse Inside. Showing staircase in building where Postum, Grape-Nuts and Post Toasties advertising is prepared at Battle Creek, Mich. Said to be one of the most unique and luxuriously furnished office buildings in the world.