Walking tin of Jay's.
11x14 Lifetime archival ink jet print. Printed under the supervision of Wayne F. Miller, 2008.
Man wearing a tin of Jay’s potato chips at the National Potato Chip Institute convention. Chicago, IL. 1949.
Wayne F. Miller photographed the 1949 National Potato Chip Institute convention at a downtown Chicago hotel. The images capture well the look and feel of a mid-century American business extravaganza. The festivities included a crowned potato chip queen with a potato chip bra, a classic party rhumba line, and a “walking” tin of Jay’s Potato Chips, (a Chicago based favorite). Jay’s was formerly called Mrs. Japp’s Potato Chips. The name was changed by customer demand soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The images first appeared in Life magazine, February 28, 1949.
Appears in Wayne F. Miller Photographs 1942-1958 published by powerHouse Books, 2008.
11x14 Lifetime archival ink jet print. Printed under the supervision of Wayne F. Miller, 2008.
Man wearing a tin of Jay’s potato chips at the National Potato Chip Institute convention. Chicago, IL. 1949.
Wayne F. Miller photographed the 1949 National Potato Chip Institute convention at a downtown Chicago hotel. The images capture well the look and feel of a mid-century American business extravaganza. The festivities included a crowned potato chip queen with a potato chip bra, a classic party rhumba line, and a “walking” tin of Jay’s Potato Chips, (a Chicago based favorite). Jay’s was formerly called Mrs. Japp’s Potato Chips. The name was changed by customer demand soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The images first appeared in Life magazine, February 28, 1949.
Appears in Wayne F. Miller Photographs 1942-1958 published by powerHouse Books, 2008.
11x14 Lifetime archival ink jet print. Printed under the supervision of Wayne F. Miller, 2008.
Man wearing a tin of Jay’s potato chips at the National Potato Chip Institute convention. Chicago, IL. 1949.
Wayne F. Miller photographed the 1949 National Potato Chip Institute convention at a downtown Chicago hotel. The images capture well the look and feel of a mid-century American business extravaganza. The festivities included a crowned potato chip queen with a potato chip bra, a classic party rhumba line, and a “walking” tin of Jay’s Potato Chips, (a Chicago based favorite). Jay’s was formerly called Mrs. Japp’s Potato Chips. The name was changed by customer demand soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The images first appeared in Life magazine, February 28, 1949.
Appears in Wayne F. Miller Photographs 1942-1958 published by powerHouse Books, 2008.