Kendall Mfg. Co. "Soapine" trade card
trade card
ADVERTISINGDonaldson Brothers
USA, RI, Providence
after 1827
paper
4-1/4 x 3 in.
Trade card for Kendall Mfg. Co. "Soapine"; on one side color illustration with gold background of girl? standing in soap box holding oar, in lily pond; soapbox has picture of whale and whaling vessel in the Arctic; printed on other side by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, NY, "For Washing and Cleaning Everything/ No Matter What,/ Soapine/ Works/ QUICKER, EASIER, CHEAPER and BETTER/ Than Soap or Anything Else./ One Trial Will Convince You./ Kendall Mfg. Co./ Established 1827. Providence, R. I." F. Calabretta notes: A young girl in a bathing costume paddles along in a pond. Her "boat" is a Soapine soap box.
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