Margaret Rudkin and Titus Moody on Pepperidge Farm Bakery Wagon

Margaret Rudkin and Titus Moody on Pepperidge Farm Bakery Wagon


October 14 1962 (Date manufactured/created)
Publicity photography of Pepperidge Farm's Margaret Rudkin seated next to actor Parker W. Fennelly who played Titus Moody, a model for the character he portrayed in Pepperidge Farm television commercials during the 1960s and 1970s.  The two are seated on an old fashioned delivery wagon, with Mrs. Rudkin holding reigns.  The wagon has "PEPPERIDGE / FARM / BAKERY" painted on the side, with "FRESH BREAD ROLLS COOKIES / STUFFING FROZEN PASTRIES" painted below.  Mrs. Rudkin wears a jacket and skirt suite and jewelry including a charm bracelet, Mr Fennely is wearing the costume of his character consisting of dark pants and shoes, a white shirt and apron with black suspenders, a ribbon bow tie, eyeglasses and a straw boater hat with a black ribbon around the brim. 
In the background is a modern one-story factory style building, and an automobile. 
Handwrittten on verso in blue ink, "Titus Moody / 3 col [illegible] / need Tues / Noon"; also stamped in red in, "OCT 14 1962"
 
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