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Gold Dust washing powder has grown and so have we

Description: Image of an advertisement for Gold Dust washing powder featuring a pair of African American twins working as bellhops in the downstairs lobby of a hotel carrying suitcases labeled, "Gold Dust washing powder N.K.F. & Co;" one of the two men points up at an earlier ad that featured the twins as babies bathing in a tub with their arms over each others' shoulders.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1875-1921
Call number: priJLC_HHD_001910
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Gold Dust. At 16 years. the property of L. L. Dorsey, Esq. Eden Brook Farm, near Louisville, Ky

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Modern cleanser : James Pyle's pearline washing compound

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Satin skin powder : satin skin cream

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Image of an advertisement for Satin skin powder and skin cream sold by perfumer and manufacturer Albert F. Wood of Detroit, Michigan; bust-length portrait of smiling woman holding a fan at center; enlarged images of skin cream and powder packages at bottom center.

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Image of an advertisement for the Eureka wringer; image of wringer and wash tub at center in circular frame; two monkeys wring out wet fabric by hand over a wooden wash tub while a house cat looks on at left; two monkeys force an oversized snarling cat through a wringer over a wash tub causing its tail to bleed at right; decorative border.

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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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Washing crystal ... ball blue

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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.

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Gold Dust washing powder has grown and so have we

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