It wasn’t until 1906 that Kellogg’s® Corn Flakes were made available to the general public. In 1909, the very first cereal premium was offered: The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Booklet available with the purchase of 2 packages. The offer was available for twenty-three years!

RELATED INFORMATION:
Will Keith Kellogg, Inventor Profile    from The Great Idea Finder
History of Snacks and Food  from The Great Idea Finder

ON THE BOOKSHELF:
Accidents May Happen: 50 Inventions Discovered by Mistake
by Charlotte Foltz Jones, John O'Brien (Illustrator) / Hardcover - 86 pages (1996) / Delacorte
Fifty inventions discovered by mistake receive entertaining cartoon embellishment but are actually serious subjects which will delight and entertain kids.
Kellogg's Six-Hour Day (Labor and Social Change)
by Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt / Paperback (November 1996) / Temple Univ Press
In 1930, W. K. Kellogg, the famed breakfast cereal magnate from Battle Creek, Michigan, established a six-hour workday for his laborers. In the depths of the Depression, this policy provided more labor for more workers, and the experiment continued until the mid-1980s.
Kellogg's (Vgm's Business Portraits Series)
by William Gould / Hardcover - 48 pages (September 1997) / McGraw Hill - NTC
Introduces basic business concepts and explains what makes an enterprise successful by telling the history of the Kellogg Company and the story of its founder

ON THE WEB:
Marketing Corn Flakes
Cornelius has been closely associated with Corn Flakes and appeared in commercials from time to time since 1958.
(URL: www.kelloggs.com/company/marketing/history/cornelius.html)
W. K. Kellogg Biography
Adapted from an article prepared by the Kellogg Foundation for the Battle Creek Enquirer, on the dedication of the Kellogg Foundation International Headquarters in 1992.
(URL: www.wkkf.org/WhoWeAre/Founder.asp)
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
In 1934, W.K. Kellogg donated more than $66 million in Kellogg Company stock and other investments to establish the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
(URL: www.wkkf.org/WhoWeAre/History.asp)
W. K. K. Biography
In 1925 breakfast food millionaire W. K. Kellogg purchased 377 acres for $250,000 in Pomona as the site of his Arabian Horse Ranch. Presented by California Polytechnic State College, Pomona
(URL: www.class.csupomona.edu/his/skpuz/hst202/WKKbio.html)
Michigan Historical Marker: WK Kellogg / Kellogg Company
W. K. Kellogg. At the age of fourteen, Will Keith Kellogg (1860 - 1951) began working
as a salesman for his father's broom business.
(URL: www.michmarkers.com/Pages/S0541.htm)
CerealCity USA
Kellogg's Cereal City USA™  is a themed family attraction celebrating the cereal industry  in an educational, historical and, most importantly, entertaining manner. As a guest you can even purchase your very own Kellogg’s Corn Flakes® box with your picture on it. Say cheese!!
(URL: www.kelloggscerealcityusa.org/)

DID YOU KNOW:

• To avoid confusion with his competitors products, WK Kellogg had his name and signature scripted on each package of Kellogg’s^® Corn Flakes along the explanation " The original has this signature"