Sterne's Deodorizing Toilet Soap, 1900-1915

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Artifact Overview

The Art Nouveau style reached its peak of popularity in 1900, but American manufacturers used echoes of it in products and product packaging into the 1910s. The Art Nouveau design of the label for this everyday product -- a bar of soap -- would have appealed to many middle-class consumers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Packaging

Date Made

1900-1915

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

93.0.25.58

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Light blue
Dark blue
Orange (Color)
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 1.938 in
Width: 3.031 in
Length: 1 in

Inscriptions

on top: Sterne's DE-O-DOR / DEODORIZING / TOILET SOAP on front: A STRICTLY NEUTRAL SOUP / PRODUCT OF / THE CINCINNATI SOAP CO., CINCINNATI, U.S.A. on back: BLAND MILD EMOLLIENT. / ABSOLUTELY PURE CONTAINING HIGHEST GRADE MEDICINAL INGREDIENTS on bottom: JABON DE TOCADOR / PARA QUITAR EL OLOR DEL SUDOR / DE-O-DOR / REFRESCANTE-FRAGANTE / Sterne's
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