Portraits of Betty Crocker, 1936–1981. Photograph by the Cartwheel Company. Paywall-free, every single day. MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce.

The final updated portrait of Betty Crocker is also released in 1996. It was painted from a computer-generated composite image of 75 women "of diverse backgrounds and ages who embody the ...

Betty’s most recent official portrait – painted in 1996 to celebrate her 75th birthday – was inspired by a composite photograph, itself based on photographs of 75 real women reflecting the ...

Betty Crocker may smile out from many ads and boxes of cake mix, but she isn't a real person. So who created the iconic marketing image and Betty Crocker brand?

The original portraits of Betty Crocker hang inside the Betty Crocker test kitchens in Golden Valley, Minn. The portraits were painted based on a composite of multiple women who worked for the ...

Then in 1924, Betty Crocker found her voice on a WCCO radio show. "In the 1920s, 1930s, ... Her 75th birthday portrait was made from a computerized composite of real women.