Ivory soap advertisement: Come on, Big Leaguer, show some Speed! – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Ivory soap advertisement: Come on, Big Leaguer, show some Speed! in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Ivory soap advertisement: Come on, Big Leaguer, show some Speed!
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This advertisement's headline, "Come on, Big Leaguer, show some Speed!", casts a baseball player as the one being urged on, borrowing the energy of the ballpark to sell a bar of soap. Ivory, the white floating soap Procter & Gamble introduced in 1879, was among the most heavily advertised household products in America, and its ads often linked cleanliness with health and vigor. Sports imagery like this was a common way to tie soap to the active, athletic body, reflecting how central baseball had become to American popular culture by the early twentieth century.
| Original scan | 711 × 1,024 px |
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| Reference | 1617 |
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