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Back in “The rumor mill”, Dingburgers gossipped about American advertising icons — Tony the Tiger, the Jolly Green Giant, the Seidlitz Elf, Cap’n Crunch. Of those, the Seidlitz Elf is by far the most obscure. But here, from Warren Dotz and Jim Morton, What a Character! 20th Century American Advertising Icons (1996), is the elf itself, along with three friends (including the Jolly Green Giant):

More celebrated ad elves are Snap!, Crackle!, and Pop! (for Rice Krispies) and the Keebler Elves.

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