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- Trade Card for Knapp's Throat Cure and Packer's All Healing Tar Soap, H. W. Knapp, Packer Manufacturing Co., 1882 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Knapp's Throat Cure and Packer's All Healing Tar Soap, H. W. Knapp, Packer Manufacturing Co., 1882
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for French Villa Soap, R.W. Bell Mfg. Co., 1879-1886 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1879-1886
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for French Villa Soap, R.W. Bell Mfg. Co., 1879-1886
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for "Wool Soap," Raworth, Schodde & Co., 1885-1895 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1885-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for "Wool Soap," Raworth, Schodde & Co., 1885-1895
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Larkin Company Trade Catalog, "Product and Premium List," January 1908 (58th Edition) - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- January 01, 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Larkin Company Trade Catalog, "Product and Premium List," January 1908 (58th Edition)
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- Soap Box, 1802-1842 - Pewter goods could be found in many American homes and public buildings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Most Americans of modest means could afford to have pewter spoons, ladles, tankards, dishes, plates, porringers, or other items. This lidded dish provided a place for men to store soap used to make lather when they shaved.
- 1802-1842
- Collections - Artifact
Soap Box, 1802-1842
Pewter goods could be found in many American homes and public buildings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Most Americans of modest means could afford to have pewter spoons, ladles, tankards, dishes, plates, porringers, or other items. This lidded dish provided a place for men to store soap used to make lather when they shaved.
- "Obama" Soap, 2009 - On January 20th, 2009, more than one million Americans came to Washington, D.C., to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama, America's first African American president. Souvenir vendors sold a wide range of materials to commemorate this historic event. Along with more traditional mementos -- buttons, ribbons and mugs -- vendors offered some non-traditional items like this bar of soap.
- 2009
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"Obama" Soap, 2009
On January 20th, 2009, more than one million Americans came to Washington, D.C., to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama, America's first African American president. Souvenir vendors sold a wide range of materials to commemorate this historic event. Along with more traditional mementos -- buttons, ribbons and mugs -- vendors offered some non-traditional items like this bar of soap.
- Kettle -
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Kettle
- Zest Beauty Bar Product Sample, 1957 - Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched Zest soap in the mid-1950s. The company promoted Zest as a deodorant soap that created a rich lather with mild scent, leaving skin fresh and clean with no soap residue. Advertisers would create the famous "Zestfully Clean" campaign that made Zest a household name.
- 1957
- Collections - Artifact
Zest Beauty Bar Product Sample, 1957
Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched Zest soap in the mid-1950s. The company promoted Zest as a deodorant soap that created a rich lather with mild scent, leaving skin fresh and clean with no soap residue. Advertisers would create the famous "Zestfully Clean" campaign that made Zest a household name.
- Trade Card for Shaving and Toilet Soaps, J. B. Williams Company, 1875-1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans often saved the informative little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1875-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Shaving and Toilet Soaps, J. B. Williams Company, 1875-1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans often saved the informative little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for "Elite" Toilet Soap, J. D. Larkin and Company, 1882 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for "Elite" Toilet Soap, J. D. Larkin and Company, 1882
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.