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Heinz Baked Beans : Mum in a Million
There’s no arguing with a million housewives in this 1960s ad from Heinz.
Overview
Give kids something they love without leaving a hole in the housekeeping budget. According to this late-sixties TV ad, a million housewives a day were choosing Heinz Baked Beans.
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