Soap and Candle Making – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Soap and Candle Making, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Soap and Candle Making
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Soap and candle making was once a household chore that often happened in the same yard, and this picture shows that homely work as a craft in its own right. Before factories took over, families and small shops rendered fat from butchering into tallow, then boiled it with lye made from wood ash to produce soap, and dipped or poured wicks to make candles that lit homes after dark. Images like this one remind viewers how much daily hygiene and light depended on these hands-on processes. Note the tools and containers, which reveal how much of the work relied on simple equipment and patience.
| Original scan | 3,996 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 8e04642u Page from The Growth of |
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