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Jay T. Last Collection of Household Prints and Ephemera
Series II. Household Prints and Ephemera (large size)
Subseries A. Cleaning Products (large size)
Paris laundry soap : Shubart, Ehret & Co. Chicago

Visual Materials

Paris laundry soap : Shubart, Ehret & Co. Chicago

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1877-1895
Call number: priJLC_HHD_001916
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the household goods prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

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Associated people

Allan, J. N. (1819-1863.)

Alvord, Johnson Mahalah, (1828-1923.)

Corr, Bernard, (1828 or 1829-1912.)

Crump, S. (1824-1886.)

DeVaudricourt, A. (1813-1906.)

Ferguson, Hiram, (1792 or 1793-)

Folger, William B. (1830-)

Graham, C. B. (1821-1910.)

Howland, Alfred R. (1852-1886.)

Jenison, H. S.

Ketterlinus, Eugene,

Kollner, Augustus,

Kuhl, Frederick.

Lewis, Charles E.

Liddle, John B.,

Murphy, W.

Nichols, Thomas Parker,

Parsons, Charles,

Rease, W. H.

Shearman, J. A.

Thoubboron, J.

Wales, James Albert,

Wyman, Charles E.

Associated organizations

B. Wilkins & Co.

Baptist & Taylor.

Carqueville Litho. Co.

Clay, Cosack & Co.

Cosack & Co.

Donaldson Brothers (Firm)

Eckstein, Hoffmann & Porr.

Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Ferd. Mayer & Co.

Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.

Geo. H. Walker & Co.

Graphic Company.

Hatch & Co.

Hatch Lith. Co.

Hughes & Johnson Litho.

International News Company (New York, N.Y.)

J. Mayer & Co.

J.H. Bufford & Sons.

Ketterlinus Printing House.

Krebs Lithographing Company.

Lakeside Press (Chicago, Ill.)

Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.

Moss Engraving Company.

National Bureau of Engraving (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Richmond & Co.

Ringwalt & Brown.

Russell & Richardson.

S.N. Dickinson & Co.

Samuel S. Smith & Son.

Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.

Shober & Carqueville.

Strobridge & Co. Lith.

Strobridge Lithographing Company.

Van Benthuysen Printing House.

W.J. Morgan & Co.

Wagner & M'Guigan.

Weed, Parsons & Co.

Worley & Bracher.

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