Instead of just pictures from the ads you should also see a few full page ads. This was the third tier of advertising possibilities open to you, dear local merchant. Don't want a full page? A half page too pricey? Well, we have this other layout. And don't worry, we'll throw in some cheesecake to make sure you get noticed.

This was the Hagedorn's next door in Opelika. According to this site Mr. Hagedorn had already sold his business and retired, but the name lived on, at least for a while.

Jerry Katz confirms the building is still standing, and is now home to a firm called Alabama Office Supply. Jerry was kind enough to enlist others in the search for the history of Hagedorn's, where we learn that the store started in 1917 by Julius S. Hagedorn and get a brief lesson on the shipping and logistics from almost a century ago. Neat stuff.

Sunday Dinner was the brand, and it was more important that you knew more about the peaches than where you could find them. Schloss & Kahn, Grocery Co. in Montgomery. highlighted the product here over the store, which sounds like something Publix would do. Maybe Schloss & Kahn had figured out early on, but sadly the store is long gone from the scene.

The Latin is curious. One out of many? Just how many peaches did it take to fill that can? Are these really the questions we should be asking? How's the syrup? Light or heavy? And when you say Fancy you mean ... ?

Which brings us to the other question about this particular advertisement. Students surely didn't take the long trip to Montgomery just for canned produce. On the other hand this ad does make sense when considering that some of the graduates would find themselves in the capital city.

Stop looking at the girls.

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