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Ivory Soap Rescues Sailor... [Print advertising.] Our Navy

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Ivory Soap Rescues Sailor... [Print advertising.] Our Navy. 1938.
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Object Details

Advertiser

Procter & Gamble Company

Donor

Procter & Gamble Company

Collection Creator

Procter & Gamble Company
Leyendecker, J. C., 1874-1951
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

Collection Citation

Ivory Soap Collection, 1883-1998, undated; Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Procter & Gamble.

Scope and Contents

Comic illustrations; five-panel narrative sequence: sailor nearly loses sweetheart due to strong-smelling soap, but wins her back after using Ivory.
sova.nmah.ac.0791_ref1574

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep831736766-9dba-4ad3-b5cb-20a4bb0930c1

Local Numbers

Ivorydata4 18 0207910006 (Scan No.)

Topic

Baths
United States. Navy
Courtship
Men in advertising
Sailors
Women in advertising
Soap

Advertiser

Procter & Gamble Company

Donor

Procter & Gamble Company

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Ivory Soap Advertising Collection
Ivory Soap Advertising Collection / Series 1: Ivory Soap Products Advertisements / Advertisements-

Extent

1 Item (b&w, 30.5 x 23 cm.)

Condition

Large glue stains.

Date

1938

Container

Box 9, Folder 21 (1938)

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Print advertising
Comics
Narrative cycles
Cartoons (humorous images)

Collection 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

Print advertising
Comics
Narrative cycles
Cartoons (humorous images) -- 1930-1960

Restrictions

Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Reproduction restrictions due to copyright.
NMAH.AC.0791_ref1574
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep831736766-9dba-4ad3-b5cb-20a4bb0930c1
NMAH.AC.0791
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1562730500512-1562730500887-5

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