Object Details
Advertiser
Bell, R.W., Manufacturing Co.
Series Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Series Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Soap, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Advertising card. "R.W. BELL MFG. CO., BUFFALO, N.Y." Poem under illustration includes lines: "Friend Barney's a hod-carrier, and sure he's no mope. /... / As he thinks of a wash with the best cake of soap--BELL'S BUFFALO... " Illustration of man in dark pants and red shirt standing by a ladder and holding a hod, with a falling brick. On verso is a text about "prejudice" and "Christmas presents," actually a giveaway for purchasers of French Villa Soap.
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Local Numbers
Ivorydata4 887
0300600042 (Scan No.)
Topic
Blue collar workers
Prejudices
Men in advertising
Masonry
Soap
Christmas
Advertiser
Bell, R.W., Manufacturing Co.
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Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Extent
1 Item (col., 13.5 x 7.5 cm.)
Condition
Good condition.
Container
Box 1, Folder 19
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Advertising cards
Poems
Series Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Advertising cards
Poems
Restrictions
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Reproduction restrictions due to copyright.
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Record ID
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