Monkey Brand: Always at Your Service advertisement – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Monkey Brand: Always at Your Service advertisement, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Monkey Brand: Always at Your Service advertisement
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Lead with what sets this piece apart: it is an advertisement for Monkey Brand soap, a product whose mascot was a grinning monkey shown busy at household chores, under the slogan "Always at Your Service." Monkey Brand was a British laundry and scouring soap that became a familiar name in households, and its cheerful illustrated ads were designed to make a dull job like washing up feel lighter. Advertising of this kind, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, relied on bold color and friendly characters to fix a brand in shoppers' minds. Notice how the simian helper doubles as a joke about the drudgery of housework and as a promise of tireless service.
| Original scan | 896 × 627 px |
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| Reference | 407 |
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