Packer's Tar Soap advertisement: The Secret of the Pines – Historic Print
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Step back in time with Packer's Tar Soap advertisement: The Secret of the Pines, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Packer's Tar Soap advertisement: The Secret of the Pines
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Pine woods and the promise of a fresh, natural cleanser take center stage in this advertisement for Packer's Tar Soap, whose title, *The Secret of the Pines*, makes its tar ingredient the selling point. Pine tar had long been used in folk remedies for skin and scalp complaints, and by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries manufacturers were marketing it as a modern toilet soap. Advertisements like this one relied on illustration and promises of cleanliness to reach readers of popular magazines and newspapers, which makes them a useful window into how Americans thought about hygiene and beauty.
| Original scan | 615 × 898 px |
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| Reference | 942 |
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