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My Dress Was Washed With Higgins' German Laundry Soap. [Receipt.]

American History Museum

My Dress Was Washed With Higgins' German Laundry Soap. [Receipt.] 1878.
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Object Details

Advertiser

Higgins, Charles S.

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

Recto: two images of girls in dresses with Higgins' Soap in hand. Verso: receipt, dated 13 December 1878.
sova.nmah.ac.0060.s01.01.soap_ref675

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c208f055-c4ec-4d16-927e-4898d8d876d7

Local Numbers

Ivorydata4 1001 0300600158 (Scan No.: both recto and verso of item shown)

Topic

Children in advertising
Laundry
Girls

Advertiser

Higgins, Charles S.

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Soap
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Soap / Business Records, Marketing Material, and Other

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., 12 x 15 cm.)

Condition

Good condition.

Date

1878

Container

Box 3, Folder 9

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Receipts

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

Receipts

Series Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap_ref675
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c208f055-c4ec-4d16-927e-4898d8d876d7
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1562725817793-1562725817862-4

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