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Title: Higgins' German laundry soap
Date(s): 1880/1900, 1880, 1900
Contributor(s): Fingerman, Arlene (collector), Fingerman, Gerald (collector)
Description: Advertising card for Higgins' German laundry soap by Charles S. Higgins of New York. Illustration, based on a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore, shows children as a First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Joseph Porter) and two women on board ship.
Collection ID: Fingerman ephemera collection (Accession 2009.213)
Hagley ID: 2009213_392
Collection: Fingerman collection of ephemera

Title: Higgins' German laundry soap
Date(s): 1890, 1890?
Contributor(s): Fingerman, Arlene (collector), Fingerman, Gerald (collector)
Description: Advertising card for Higgins' German laundry soap. Illustration, based on a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore, shows children as a sailor (Dick Deadeye) and ship captain (Captain Corcoran) on board ship.
Collection ID: Fingerman ephemera collection (Accession 2009.213)
Hagley ID: 2009213_395
Collection: Fingerman collection of ephemera

Title

Higgins' German laundry soap

Date(s)

1885, 1885?

Contributor(s)

Fingerman, Arlene (collector), Fingerman, Gerald (collector)

Description

Advertising card for Higgins' German laundry soap by L.A. Perkins of Boston, Massachusetts. Illustration, based on a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore, shows children as a sailor (Ralph Rackstraw) with a young maiden (Josephine) on board ship.

The card is undated but would have been created after 1880, when the product was first manufactured by New York City soapmaker Charles S. Higgins, and possibly before 1890, when Higgins sold the rights to the brand and trademark to the...
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Advertising card for Higgins' German laundry soap by L.A. Perkins of Boston, Massachusetts. Illustration, based on a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore, shows children as a sailor (Ralph Rackstraw) with a young maiden (Josephine) on board ship.

The card is undated but would have been created after 1880, when the product was first manufactured by New York City soapmaker Charles S. Higgins, and possibly before 1890, when Higgins sold the rights to the brand and trademark to the Amalga Soap Company.
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Collection ID

Fingerman ephemera collection (Accession 2009.213)

Hagley ID

2009213_394

Collection

Fingerman collection of ephemera

Title: Higgins' German laundry soap
Date(s): 1880/1900, 1880, 1900
Contributor(s): Fingerman, Arlene (collector), Fingerman, Gerald (collector)
Description: Advertising card for Higgins' German laundry soap by Charles S. Higgins of New York. Illustration, based on a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore, shows two sailors and a woman (Buttercup) on board ship.
Collection ID: Fingerman ephemera collection (Accession 2009.213)
Hagley ID: 2009213_393
Collection: Fingerman collection of ephemera

Title: Welcome Soap: New England's Favorite Laundry Soap: 1,000 Premiums
Date(s): 1930, 1930?
Creator: Lever Brothers Company
Collection ID: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia collection (Accession 2009.0623.GAF)
Hagley ID: WelcomeSoap
Collection: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia

Title: Higgins' German Laundry Soap is the Best for Laundry and Family Use
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), L.A. Perkins (Boston, Mass.) (originator), Charles S. Higgins Company (originator)
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270456
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Higgins' German Laundry Soap is the Best for Laundry and Family Use
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), Charles S. Higgins Company (originator)
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270454
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Higgins' German Laundry Soap is the Best for Laundry and Family Use
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), Charles S. Higgins Company (originator)
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270455
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Copy of directions for using Joseph S. and Thomas Elkinton's Laundry Soap
Date(s): 1865, 1865~
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Quartz Company (originator)
Collection ID: PQ Corporation photographic collection (1984.258)
Hagley ID: 1984258_026
Collection: PQ Corporation photographs

Title

Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia

Description

The over 2,400 items in the Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia collection (Accession 2009.0623.GAF) document the history of laundry products between 1875 and the 1970s. The collection contains material from over 1,000 companies and includes soapboxes and ephemera related to laundry soap, bleach, bluing, starch, pressing irons, laundry equipment, and similar products.

The Fingerman's collecting interest in fabric care memorabilia results from their involvement in retail...
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The over 2,400 items in the Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia collection (Accession 2009.0623.GAF) document the history of laundry products between 1875 and the 1970s. The collection contains material from over 1,000 companies and includes soapboxes and ephemera related to laundry soap, bleach, bluing, starch, pressing irons, laundry equipment, and similar products.

The Fingerman's collecting interest in fabric care memorabilia results from their involvement in retail dry cleaning and laundry; the couple ran a business in the suburbs of Minneapolis for over thirty-two years.

Most of the collection comes from businesses in the United States, but Holland, Switzerland, Malaysia, Australia, and Japan are also represented. The collection has not been digitized in its entirety.

Comfort Soap Dividends: Free to Everybody: Are You Drawing Them? (1920?)

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Hagley ID

20090623GAF

Collection

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Title: Bush & Co.'s Improved Borax Soap
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), Bush & Co. Soap Manufacturing Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) (originator)
Description: Text on verso: 'It is the best Laundry Soap--Making your clothes clean and sweet, with very little labor...It is a splendid luxury in the toilet or bath; wonderful in its beneficial action on the skin, equaling the Imported Castile Soap.'
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270077
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Hospitality soap wrappers collection
Creator: Unknown
Accession: 2015.290
Collection: info:fedora/islandora:ead

Title: New soap perfumes
Date(s): 1937-09
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Duryea, Drix (photographer)
Description: New soap perfumes in the making. In the chemists laboratory, a miniature soap machine turns out hundreds of cakes of soap. Perfume to be tested is incorporated in the soap while it is mixed in the plodder. Cast in a die, the soap cakes are subjected to various experimental conditions to which soap might be exposed in reality and the cakes are observed by the chemist for a period of time, sometimes a year or more, to determine the lasting qualities of the perfume, its effect on color and other...
Show moreNew soap perfumes in the making. In the chemists laboratory, a miniature soap machine turns out hundreds of cakes of soap. Perfume to be tested is incorporated in the soap while it is mixed in the plodder. Cast in a die, the soap cakes are subjected to various experimental conditions to which soap might be exposed in reality and the cakes are observed by the chemist for a period of time, sometimes a year or more, to determine the lasting qualities of the perfume, its effect on color and other elements. The development of synthetic components for perfumes has been of major importance in the soap and cosmetic industries, where perfume are use in some cases to cover up the bad odor of fats, in other to give a pleasing smell. Every cosmetic and soap on the market is perfumed-even the cheapest type of laundry soap. Problems of price and supply are being solved by the chemist and moreover there has been a development of synthetic perfumes, useful in this field, superior to anything made by nature.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0643
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Hints for the Laundry: And Other Useful Information, Elastic Starch: a Great Invention
Date(s): 1914
Creator: J.C. Hubinger Bros. Co.
Collection ID: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia collection (Accession 2009.0623.GAF)
Hagley ID: ElasticStarch2
Collection: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1981 January 29 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1981-01-29
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Cheney discusses various household items her home contained and how they have changed. She also discusses baking bread, an explosion that caused her family to move, making soap for laundry, healthcare, her family's relationship with the du Pont family, her education, and her growing up years along the Brandywine, including chores and entertainments.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92513_cheney_c_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Borax, the Magic Crystal
Date(s): 1913
Creator: Pacific Coast Borax Company
Description: This little booklet tells the story of a magic mineral, which when placed in the water used in the laundry, kitchen and bath, becomes an invisible giant, working wonders for the brightening of the home and the lessening of household labor.' Color illustrations of 'The Borax Girl' on front cover and window display of '20 Mule Team Borax' on back cover.
Collection ID: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia collection (Accession 2009.0623.GAF)
Hagley ID: MagicCrystal
Collection: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia

Title: Fingerman collection of ephemera
Creator: Fingerman, Arlene Fingerman, Gerald
Accession: 2009.213
Collection: info:fedora/islandora:ead

Title: Soapine
Date(s): 1880/1900, 1880, 1900
Contributor(s): Fingerman, Arlene (collector), Fingerman, Gerald (collector)
Description: Advertising card for Soapine soap manufactured by Kendall Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island. Illustration shows a beached whale being cleaned with Soapine.
Collection ID: Fingerman ephemera collection (Accession 2009.213)
Hagley ID: 2009213_398
Collection: Fingerman collection of ephemera

Title: Charles E. Holske, Dealer in Soap and Soap Powder
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), Holske, Charles E. (originator)
Description: Text on verso: 'Liberty Soap and Soap Powder. Liberty Powder is free from an excess of alkali, and, as it contains no injurious ingredient, it will not injure the most sensitive hands or most delicate linen, though equally effective as a dirt eradicator as any powder manufactured...Send Orders to Charles E. Holske, 6 India Street, Boston.
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270042
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Interview with George Washington Jones, 1985 March 4 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1985-03-04
Contributor(s): Jones, George Washington (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: In the third part of his interview, Jones describes his house and garden in detail, weekend activities, birthdays, wakes, typical dress, different types of wedding receptions, Thanksgiving traditions, typical amusements, and other daily life activities in the early twentieth century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9413_gwjones_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1989 January 18 [audio]
Date(s): 1989-01-18
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Julian, Martha (interviewer), Hanrahan, Maureen (interviewer)
Description: Hayward discusses laundry day growing up, medical care, trips into the city, and her impressions of the du Pont family.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_hayward_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Hagley Newsletter [Spring 2006]
Date(s): 2006-21, 2006
Creator: Hagley Museum and Library
Collection ID: Hagley Publications Archive
Hagley ID: 2006_35_01
Collection: Hagley Museum and Library publications archive

Title: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
Creator: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation
Accession: 1970.370
Collection: info:fedora/islandora:ead

Title: Schultz's Fatherland Soap
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), Schultz & Co. (Zanesville, Ohio) (originator), Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.) (lithographer)
Description: Text on inside cover: 'Schultz & Co., 'The' Soap Boilers...Zanesville, O.'
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270019
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: Studebaker Vacation Check Book
Date(s): 1938, 1938~
Contributor(s): Vinson, Z. Taylor, 1933-2009 (collector), Studebaker Corporation (associated name)
Description: Make: Studebaker; Model Year: 1938
Collection ID: Z. Taylor Vinson collection of transportation ephemera (Accession 20100108.ZTV)
Hagley ID: 20111207_StudebakerVacation
Collection: Z. Taylor Vinson collection of transportation ephemera

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