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Washing crystal ... ball blue

Description: Image of an advertisement for washing crystals and ball blue bluing manufactured by C.H. Fischer & Company; women and children in flowing robes do laundry outdoors in large wooden tubs surrounded by boxes of C.H. Fischer & Co. products; elaborate decorative border with ball bluing and the slogan "Trade mark shows quality," incorporated; landscape with mountains, fields, and trees in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1875-1900
Call number: priJLC_HHD_001908
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

J. Thompson's for the whole washing-compound and fancy soaps

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Image of an advertisement for J. Thompson's washing compound and soaps; woman in flowing robes seated on a large sphere of soap at center of an elaborate decorative frame with soap in one hand and a banner in the other; man and woman in top corners each using soap; interior and exterior views of J. Thompson's business building and store in bottom corners of image.

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Eureka wringer

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Image of an advertisement for Eureka laundry wringers; large central image of woman in flowing robes, cape, and Liberty cap putting an American flag through a Eureka wringer on top of a globe with a large bald eagle at her side; ten smaller vignettes surrounding central image with an Uncle Sam-type salesman demonstrating and selling the Eureka wringer to people all over the world.

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The Century : May

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Image of an advertisement for the Century magazine May 1895 issue; two women in flowing robes and winged sandals dance past a sundial holding a flower garland upraised.

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Cycle cigarettes

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Image of an advertisement for Cycle cigarettes featuring a woman in flowing robes with ivy woven into the braids in her hair reaching towards the sun.

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Francois Gregoire & Co. enamel of America

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Image of an advertisement for Enamel of America sold by Francois Gregoire & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image of Columbia at center in crown and flowing robes with a large draped American flag.

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Paris laundry soap : Shubart, Ehret & Co. Chicago

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Image of an advertisement for Paris laundry soap manufactured by Shubart, Ehret & Company, Chicago; image of an elephant draped with tapestries carrying Paris soap and several cherubs on its back being carried in an oversized shell pulled by large fish; cavorting mermen and nude women draped in flowing fabric surround the elephant.

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Washing crystal ... ball blue

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