Trade card for Soapine

trade card

Trade card for Soapine; color lithograph by Wemple Litho. Co. of seated boy wearing sailor suit and holding fish net slung over his right shoulder; printed upper left "Soapine"; printed in black on back "For Washing and Cleaning Everything,/ No Matter What,/ Soapine/ WORKS/ QUICKER,/ EASIER,/ CHEAPER/ and BETTER/ THAN ANYTHING ELSE./ Use no Soap or other Washing Preparations./ One Trial will Convince You./ Kendall Mfg. Co./ Established 1827. Providence, R. I./ Wemple Litho. Co., N. Y." F. Calabretta notes: This image includes two very popular maritime images, a boy in a sailor suit and a fishermen's net.