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Advertisement for Quality Brooms, location unkown, undated

The eagle in the image holds a banner in its mouth printed with "Quality Brooms." The bottom of the ad reads "Printed in U.S.A."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243347

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.004

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Cleaning - Household soaps and polishes - Folder 1

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Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243348

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03

Trade card for Bush & Co's Improved Borax Soap, Bush & Co's Borax Soap Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The card describes the soap properties and urges the public to ask their grocer for it. The card verso has children gathering flowers in a field.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243349

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.001

Higgins' German Laundry Soap, New York, New York, undated

Two boys run into trouble while trying to get apples. The text on the inside is in German.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243350

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.002

Trade card for Lavine Soap, Hartford Chemical Works, 30 Union Place, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language employing racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England doe...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243351

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.003

Trade card for Pearline Soap, James Pyle, New York, undated

The card verso describes the virtues of Pearline Soap and warns the buyer against imitations.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243352

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.004

Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry, Chas. S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, 1880

The image is a scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "Kind Captain..." The card verso has the popular and electoral Presidential election results from 1824-1880 with an admonition to buy the Soap. The second card describes the product. The third card ver...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243357

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.005

Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry, Chas. S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, 1880

The image is from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "Whose praise Great Britain..." The card verso has the popular and electoral Presidential election results from 1824-1880 with an admonition to buy the Soap. The second card verso reads "For laundry and family...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243359

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.006

Trade card for Bush & Co's Improved Borax Soap, Bush & Co's Borax Soap Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The product versatility is described. The card verso is an image of a small boy playing with his toy sailboat.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243361

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.008

Leaf from Excelsior by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

Three figures clean utensils with Sapolio, p.8. On the verso two figures use Sapolio on a fence, p.7.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243362

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.009

Trade card for Sapolio, Enoch Morgan's Sons, 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Clean knives with Sapolio." The card verso lists the items the product can clean.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243363

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.010

Modern household fairy, a tale of Sapolio, Enoch Morgan's Sons, 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

A series of household scenes in verse demonstrate the cleaning power of Sapolio.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243364

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.011

Trade card for Sapolio, Enoch Morgan's Sons, 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

This trade card contains harmful language, imagery, and employs racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England doe...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243365

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.012

Trade card for Sapolio, Enoch Morgan's Sons, 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Scour kettles with Sapolio." The card verso describes the product wrapping and the items it will clean.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243366

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.013

Trade card for Dobbins Electric Soap, I.L. Cragin & Co., undated

The card is part of a set available for customers who have bought seven bars of Dobbins Electric Soap. A receipe will be sent to create White Soft Soap.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243367

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.014

Leaf from Excelsior by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons, 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Clean paint, oil cloths, floors, wood work, tables & shelves with Sapolio," p.2. The verso has a figure in silhouette with a verse below promoting the product, p.1.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243368

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.015

Excelsior, by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

Verses and images promote the benefits of Sapolio Soap.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243369

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.016

Leaf from Excelsior by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Clean marble tables, floors, statuary and hard finished walls with Sapolio," p.16. The verso has an image in silhouette with a verse, p.15.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243370

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.017

Leaf from Excelsior by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Clean glass ware, windows, porcelain & china wares with Sapolio," p.14. The leaf verso is a stagecoach on a road, p.13.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243371

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.018

Leaf from Excelsior by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Scour pots, kettles, pans & all brass & copper utensils with Sapolio," p.12. The verso is mountaineers in silhouette using Sapolio, p.11.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243375

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.019

Leaf from Excelsior by Bret Harte, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Wash dishes, porcelain, china & glass ware with Sapolio" p.4. The verso has a seated figure in silhouette with a verse below, p.3.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243376

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.020

Sapoliolic, selections from E.M.S. Pinafore, Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., 440 West Street, New York, New York, 1879

The pamphlets contains excerpts from the Gilbert & Sullivan opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" rewritten to advertise Sapolio Soap. The back cover reads "Rymes from ye playe of Pynafore, Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York."

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243377

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.021

Trade Card for The Bon Ami Company, cleaner, New York, 1907

The card verso describes the product. The bottom of the image reads "After the painting by Ben Austrian."

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243378

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.022

Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry Soap, Chas S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, undated

The image is a scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "What never?" The card verso states "For laundry and family use." The second trade card verso is blank.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243379

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.023

Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry Soap, Chas S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, 1880

The image is a scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "Come buy of your Buttercup..." One card verso has the popular and electoral Presidential election results from 1824-1880 with an admonition to buy the Soap. The second card verso describes the product...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243380

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.024

Trade card for Church's Naphtha Cleansing Works, 116 Tremont Street and 927 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

A commercial laundry for furniture, carpets, bedding, and ladies' and gents' garments.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243383

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.025

Trade card for Bush & Co's Improved Borax Soap, Bush & Co's Borax Soap Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The virtues of Borax soap for laundry and personal hygiene is described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243384

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.026

Trade card for Bush & Co's Improved Borax Soap, Bush & Co's Borax Soap Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The card verso description tells the public to ask their grocer for the soap which can be used to launder clothes and in the bath.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243385

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.027

Trade card for Soapine French Laundry Soap, Kendall M'F'G. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The card verso states that Soapine takes the place of soap, Sal Soda, Borax and washing crystals for cleaning hands or fabric. Wason, Pierce & Co. and S.S. Sleeper & Co. carry the product in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243386

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.028

Trade card for James S. Kirk & Company, soap, Chicago, Illinois, undated

James S. Kirk uses only pure refined tallow and vegetable oils in its soap for laundry purposes. The business was established in 1839. The front of the card lists an Eastern Agent based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243387

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.029

Billhead for Hargraves Mfg. Co., soaps, Fall River, Mass., dated March 14, 1889

In addition to soap Hargraves carries ground bone, tripe, pigs' feet, lambs' tongues and neatsfoot oil.

Date: 1889-03-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243388

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.030

Christmas card, showing elf with candle, ca. 1915

Christmas card showing a small elf clad in green sitting astride a pine bough and grasping a large candle. The text reads "This jolly little Christmas Elf Brings love to you from me Myself!"

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243821

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.037

Billhead for Kelley & Edmands, articles for druggists, No.156 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 3, 1867

The business, which also deals in fancy goods, is located four doors south from Milk Street.

Date: 1867-09-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243940

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.031

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Cleaning - Household soaps and polishes - Folder 2

File

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243941

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04

Business card for Sanovan Odorless Deodorant, Cosmos Chemical Corp., 81 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso gives the name of a representative of the Cosmos Chemical Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243942

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.001

Trade card for Lavine, cleanser, Hartford Chemical Works, Hartford Connecticut, undated

Lavine can be used for washing clothes, dishes, floors and makes hard water soft.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243943

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.002

Trade card for Lavine, cleanser, Hartford Chemical Works, Hartford, Conn., undated

The card verso states that Lavine, which can be used to clean floors, paint, dishes and marble, is available from grocers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243944

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.003

Trade card for Agate Iron Ware, for sale by Morey & Smith, 49 & 51 Haverhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card advertises the virtues of the product which never rusts or leaks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243948

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.004

Trade card for Soapine, cleanser, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The card verso states that "Soapine works quicker, easier, cheaper and better than soap or anything else." The Company was established in 1827.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243949

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.005

Trade card for Soapine French Laundry Soap, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

According to the card verso one trial of Soapine, an all purpose soap, will convince the consumer of its merits.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243950

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.006

Trade card for Soapine French Laundry Soap, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Soapine can be used in the kitchen, laundry and workshop.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243951

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.007

Trade card for Housekeepers Soap, Hale, Teele, & Bisbee, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

A couple stands by a planter in this trade card for Housekeepers Soap.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243952

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.008

Trade card for Housekeepers Soap, Hale, Teele, & Bisbee, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

The cards reads "Use Housekeepers Soap made by Hale, Teele & Bisbee."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243953

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.009

Trade card for Soapine, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The mantel figures spell out Soapine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243954

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.010

Trade card for Soapine French Laundry Soap, Kendall M'f'g. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The card verso describes the soap's merits and mentions Victoria Glycerine Soap for the toilet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243955

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.011

Trade card for L.I. Fisk & Co's. Japanese Soap, Springfield, Mass., undated

This product can be used to wash clothes and hands. The trade mark was registered October 11, 1875.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243956

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.012

Trade card for Soapine, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The cart carries a globe and the top caption reads "Soapine on its way around the world."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243958

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.013

Trade card for James S. Kirk & Co's standard and reliable soaps, Chicago, Illinois, undated

Below the image is the name of the firm's eastern agent who is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The various types of soap, listed on the card verso, are used in the laundry. The Company was established in 1839.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243959

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.014

Trade card for Excelsior Metal Polish, Holway, Wright & Miner, manufacturers' agents, 135 State Street, Boston, Mass. and 7 Chambers Street, New York, New York, undated

The card verso describes the metal items the product will work on and has a price list.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243960

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.015

Trade card for L.I. Fisk & Co's. Extra Pale, Springfield, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the superiority of Fisk soaps in relation to other soaps on the market. The image caption reads "I'll use no other and keep them so. It is so soft and clean."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243961

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.016