Light cardboard trade card for Marseilles White Soap and Acme Soap Powder; front: colour in chromolithograph of a young woman sitting in woods with houses in the distance; back: white with blue writing advertising Acme Soap Powder.
Light cardboard trade card for Marseilles White Soap and Acme Soap Powder; front: colour in chromolithograph of a young woman sitting in woods with houses in the distance; back: white with blue writing advertising Acme Soap Powder.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15, 1995 (before).
Maker
Lautz Bros. & Co.
Dates
1860
circa 1860
Date Remarks
Very general, based on lithography
Material
paper: red; yellow; blue; orange; green
Inscriptions
"USE // LAUTZ BROS & CO'S // "MARSEILLES // WHITE SOAP" // SPECIALLY // ADAPTED FOR // WASHING FLANNELS."; back: "ACME SOAP POWDER"; description of use, where to find it and declaration that it is the best
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 11.8 cm. x Width: 7.7 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front: slight stain near top right and edges wearing a bit; back: slight staining and aging