Ivory Soap advertising poster: man washing shirt at camp – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This vintage poster of Ivory Soap advertising poster: man washing shirt at camp brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Ivory Soap advertising poster: man washing shirt at camp
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This poster centers on a man washing a shirt at camp, a scene that takes a chore usually tied to the home and moves it into the outdoors, where the product is presented as useful for rough conditions. Procter & Gamble introduced Ivory in 1879 as a mild, floating bar, and by the 1890s the company was promoting it heavily with colorful printed advertisements. Soap makers of the era often showed their products in unexpected settings to widen the market beyond housewives. The image is a useful reminder of how advertisers described cleanliness as a matter of convenience and respectability.
| Original scan | 4,104 × 5,963 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 05944u |
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