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Aunt Jemima was an American brand of pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was developed in 1888–1889 by St. Joseph Gazette editor Chris L. Rutt and his friend Charles G. Underwood, and was advertised as the first “ready-mix” cooking product. While Aunt Jemima was not an actual person, several African American women portrayed her over the years. The first being Nancy Green, who played Aunt Jemima at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and was one of the first Black corporate models in the United States. During the ’50s, Rosie Lee Moore Hall took on the role, and her image was even used on the packaging, another first for a Black woman. During the mid ’50s, the ‘Aunt Jemima Breakfast Club’ was created as a promotional vehicle. Rosie Lee Moore Hall toured the country, visiting countless schools to promote Aunt Jemima products while teaching school kids about nutrition and the importance of a good breakfast. Aside from getting to be in the same room as the lady from the pancake mix box, kids got buttons, bookmarks, and if you were really lucky, a t-shirt.

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Like all our designs, this one is treated with our signature ‘relic-ing’ process which includes our own secret recipe of hand-painted chipping, cracking, fading, and just the right touch of yellowing to ensure that it looks the part of a true vintage imprint.** We lay these works of art down on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 Unisex Jersey Short Sleeve Tees, one of the softest, best-wearing t-shirts available today, via state of the art direct to garment (DTG) printing which allows us to create a vintage effect that simply can’t be accomplished with other printing methods. In short, these shirts are everything you’ve dreamed of and more – it feels soft and lightweight with just the right amount of stretch making it comfortable and flattering for both men and women.

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Not sure what size is your best fit? We recommend taking one of your current t-shirts, laying it flat and measuring it. The measurements in the chart below are taken with the shirt laying on a flat surface. To get the length, measure from the high shoulder point down to the bottom of the shirt. To get the width, measure approximately 1-inch below the armhole, across the chest, from seam to seam. While our tees are all made using premium, pre-shrunk, ring-spun cotton, there can be some shrinkage depending on your personal wash and dry cycles. With that said, if you’re on the fence, we always suggest going up a size.

All sizes are provided in inches!

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*Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton/48% polyester. Athletic and Black Heather is 90% combed and ring-spun cotton/10% polyester. Ash color is 99% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton and 1% poly. **Due to the nature of the printing process and different sizes of shirts offered, imprint position and scale may vary slightly from the product images, but we do our best to be as accurate as possible.