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The Great Ideal: A Smashing Success! [Print advertising.]

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The Great Ideal: A Smashing Success! [Print advertising.] 1939.
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Object Details

Advertiser

Procter & Gamble Company

Donor

Procter & Gamble Company

Artist

Urfer, Dorothy

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 strip by "Urfer" of man creating sculpture in honor of housewives, then smashing it because it depicts her with dishpan hands.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85fe6d930-85fd-42a1-9af5-1d11f3d67b71

Local Numbers

Ivorydata4 663 0207910667 (Scan No.)

Topic

Soap
Dishpans
Women in advertising
hands -- Care and hygiene
Sculptors

Advertiser

Procter & Gamble Company

Donor

Procter & Gamble Company

Artist

Urfer, Dorothy

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

Extent

1 Item (b&w, 9.5 x 29.5 cm.)

Condition

Good condition.

Date

1939

Container

Box 9, Folder 27 (1939 Newsprint)

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Print advertising
Comics

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

Restrictions

Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Reproduction restrictions due to copyright.
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Record ID

ebl-1562730500512-1562730500895-5

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