Details
Contributor Orcutt Litho Co., printer.
Keefe, Joseph I., distributor.
Title [Fold & find 18 changes metamorphic trade card promoting Water Lily Soap] [graphic].
Publisher Chicago: Orcutt Lith. Co
Publisher ILL. Chicago. 1885
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; sheet 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.), folded to 10 x 7 cm. (4 x 2.5 in.)
Description Metamorphic trade card containing six bust-length portraits of three men and three woman with changeable upper and lower facial features. Female portraits depict a young, middle age, and older woman. The younger women wear hats and coats with collars. The older woman scowls and wears a bonnet and collared shirtwaist. Male portraits depict an older man, young gentleman, and gypsy figure. The older man is depicted bald-headed with a beard, in an undershirt, and frowning; the gentleman wears a top hat, cravat, and suit; and the gypsy figure is portrayed with a smirk, earring, and a Phrygian shaped red cap. Also contains several lines of advertising text, including "All my clothes are Lily white, Water Lily Soap maded them bright"; Water Lily Soap moves dirt & smell"; and "Alas I'm troubled, blue and sad, All other Soap but Water Lily's bad."
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Name of distributor printed on recto and verso: Joseph I. Keefe, General Agent. 35 South 2nd Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Cosmetics industry.
Clothing & dress.
Genre Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Metamorphic pictures -- 1880-1890.
Portraits -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Keefe, Joseph I., distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34x]
Accession number P.2011.10.34x