Soap Collection

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1914. A print from the Illustrated London News, 13th June 1914

Advertisement for Sunlight household soap, c1890. The advertisement recommends the soap it to the housewife by claiming it would make life easier

St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Tooth Elixir, c. 1890. Creator: Anonymous
St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Tooth Elixir, c. 1890. Private Collection

The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1892. Creator: Anonymous. The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1892
The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1892. Private Collection

The Washerwoman, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
The Washerwoman, mid-late 18th century

Attention, Gargouillet, v'là le bourgeois qui passe... 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Attention, Gargouillet, v'la le bourgeois qui passe... 1842. Attention, Gargouillet, v'la le bourgeois qui passe avec son epouse

The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1890. Creator: Anonymous. The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1890
The Perfume Factory A. Ralle & Co. Moscow, 1890. Private Collection

St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Perfume, c.1890. Creator: Anonymous
St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory: Perfume, c.1890. Private Collection

St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory, 1894. Creator: Anonymous
St. Petersburg Chemical Laboratory, 1894. Private Collection

Expected--alarming rise in the price of soap!. Creator: George Cruikshank
Expected--alarming rise in the price of soap!

'Vaissier's Congo Soap 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Vaissier's Congo Soap 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Kirk's White Cloud floating soap, 1898-02. Creator: Unknown
James S. Kirk & Company White Cloud floating soap, 1898-02

Pears Soap; Promoted by Lilli Langtry, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Pears Soap; Promoted by Lilli Langtry, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Use Hudson's extract of soap every day, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Use Hudson's extract of soap every day, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Williams shaving soap: The leader through 20 administrations, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Williams shaving soap: The leader through 20 administrations, 1901. Advertisement for Williams shaving soap showing head-and-shoulder portraits of Martin Van Buren and William McKinley

'Hudson's Extract of Soap. 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Hudson's Extract of Soap. 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Pa. German Soap Dish, c. 1940. Creator: Anne Mentzoff
Pa. German Soap Dish, c. 1940

Parfumerie Savonnerie. Marque de Fabrique. Gellé Frères. Parfumeurs, ca 1867. Creator: Poquet, L. (active ca 1870)
Parfumerie Savonnerie. Marque de Fabrique. Gelle Freres. Parfumeurs, ca 1867. Private Collection

Farm Security Administration (FSA) distributing station, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The commodities on the counter represent two weeks allotment for four people. Photograph made in Farm Security Administration (FSA)

Joseph Klesken washing up after a days work... Proviso yards of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Joseph Klesken washing up after a days work at the rip tracks at Proviso yards of the C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

Mr. J. Benjamin, a store owner, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Mr. J. Benjamin, a store owner

"Soaps in my eyes", Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, 1943 Creator: Gordon Parks
Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. " Soaps in my eyes"

Brooks Soap, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Brooks Soap, 1890

Hudsons Soap, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Hudsons Soap, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Pears Soap, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Pears Soap, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Dawn and Sunset, 1885, printed January 1890. Creator: Henry Peach Robinson
Dawn and Sunset, 1885, printed January 1890. Photogravure, from " Sun Artists, number 2" (1890)

Erasmic, c. 1912. Creator: D Ylen, Jean (1886-1938)
Erasmic, c. 1912. Private Collection

Brocard & Cie, c. 1900-1910. Creator: Tauzin, Louis (1842-1915)
Brocard & Cie, c. 1900-1910. Private Collection

Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733-34. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733-34

Stamping Blocks of Soap, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Transport workers washing a tram at the Holloway Car Shed, London, 1932. Interior of a tram shed with men using hoses to wash a Route 29 tram which has an advertisement for Hudsons soap

Miss Great Britain at Asda for a promotion of Lux Soap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. The platform shoes and short skirts were typical of the style of clothes at the time

Miss Great Britain at Asda, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters
Miss Great Britain at Asda, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Miss Great Britain carrying out a promotion for Lux Soap. The platform shoes

The New Basmannaya street in Moscow, 1920s. Found in the Collection of State Scientific A. Shchusev Research Museum of Architecture, Moscow

Scotlands Soap, ca 1893. Private Collection

Bergmanns Lilienmilch Soap, 1896. Artist: Cissarz, Johannes Joseph Vincenz (1873-1942)
Bergmanns Lilienmilch Soap, 1896. From a private collection

Sunlight Savon, 1910. Artist: Rassenfosse, Armand (1862-1934)
Sunlight Savon, 1910. From a private collection

Starlight Savon, 1899. Artist: Meunier, Henri Georges (1873-1922)
Starlight Savon, 1899. From a private collection

Marking soap for hotels, clubs, etc, Edward Cook and Co Ltd, London, c1903 (1903). Edward Cook and Co registered on 18 October 1898, in the business of soap making for hotels, clubs and households

Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Soap, 1887. A print from The Illustrated London News, 2nd April 1887

Advert for Brookes Monkey Brand soap, 1894. A print from the Illustrated London News, Christmas 1894

Advert for Brookes Monkey Brand soap, 1918. A print from the Pears Annual, of Christmas 1918

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1924. A print from The Sketch, 1924

Advert for Cosmo Buttermilk toilet soap, 1894. A print from Harpers Bazar, Easter, 1894

Advert for Erasmic soap, 1918. The fron cover of the Ladys Pictorial, Christmas number, 1918

Advert for Brookes Monkey Brand soap, 1889. A print from the Ladys Pictorial, Christmas number, 1889

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1923. A print from The Magpie, 1923

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1909. A print from The Bystander, 1909

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