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Pear's Soap

Pear's Soap | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Advertisement for Pear's Soap featuring an illustration of an admiral washing his hands. Text reads: "The first step toward lightening the white man's burden is through teaching the virtues of cleanliness. Pear's Soap is a potent factor in brightening the dark corners of the earth as civilization advances, while amongst the cultured of all nations it holds the highest place---it is the ideal toilet soap."
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Advertisement for Pear's Soap featuring an illustration of an admiral washing his hands. Text reads: "The first step toward lightening the white man's burden is through teaching the virtues of cleanliness. Pear's Soap is a potent factor in brightening the dark corners of the earth as civilization advances, while amongst the cultured of all nations it holds the highest place---it is the ideal toilet soap."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:32305
Creation Date: 09 20 1899
Creator Name:Harper's Weekly
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Collection Name:Rare Books
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:AP 2 H32 page 968
Original Dimensions:11 x 14 inches
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Advertising
Military uniforms
Men

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