They actually had to modernize Aunt
Jemima some time ago so that she looks like a housewife instead of a maid, but I think a lot of people still recognize the original Aunt
Jemima with the kerchief.
I remember first seeing the older version of Aunt
Jemima when I was 10 or 11. The picture was in a Nickelodeon magazine, where they explained the history of advertising characters as a special for the particular issue. Also included were Little
Debbie and
Oscar Mayer. I wasn't shocked then - I wasn't fully aware of the old caricatures of black people until I was 13.