Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder advertising trade card with child – Vintage Print
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Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder advertising trade card with child comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder advertising trade card with child
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Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder was one of the best-known baby powders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and this trade card shows how its makers marketed it to parents. Trade cards like this were handed out by shopkeepers and druggists, often collected by children, and they paired bright chromolithographed scenes with brand names meant to stick in the memory. The card's pairing of a young child with the product reflects the era's growing focus on infant care and personal hygiene, when talc was promoted as a gentle way to keep skin dry and comfortable. Its cheerful imagery is a useful window into how patent medicines and toiletries sold themselves through sentiment as much as through claims.
| Original scan | 483 × 836 px |
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| Reference | 768 |
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