Trade card for Kendall Manufacturing Company "Soapine"

trade card

Trade card for "soapine"; color illustration on gold background of laundry day, including 2 men carrying basket of laundry, woman at washtub marked "KENDALL MFG. CO.", and "French Laundry Soap" washboard held up by black man, American Indian, and Chinese man; printed at top "'UNIVERSAL FAMILY'/ SOAPINE" and lower right "PROVIDENCE, R.I." Printed on back "ESTABLISHED 1827/ KENDALL M'F'G. Co./ Soaps AND Soapine/ PROVIDENCE, R.I./ To protect yourself from the evil effects of using/ Soap made of impure materials, see that it/ bears the name of some reliable manufacturer."