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[Fold & find 18 changes metamorphic trade card promoting Water Lily Soap] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A65725
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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
In Collections
Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection
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