Washing supplies

1890-1900

Paper

Overall: 3 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (7.6 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm)

Gift of Bella C. Landauer

2002.1.1463

DescriptionThis paper sample package held a clothes washing product and has a company symbol with a heart, a scale and sun inside a pattern of radiating rays. The front reads "Free Sample/ James Pyle's Pearline/ Washing Compound." The side reads "Don't Pay For This Package. Beware of Peddlers and Cheap Imitations". The back has testimonials of the effectiveness of the product. One of two identical-see also 2002.1.1464

ClassificationsLANDAUER COLLECTION OF BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING EPHEMERA

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