French Laundry soap trade card, Kendall Mfg Co, Providence R.I. – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: French Laundry soap trade card, Kendall Mfg Co, Providence R.I., preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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French Laundry soap trade card, Kendall Mfg Co, Providence R.I.
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The French Laundry soap trade card, printed for the Kendall Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island, is a reminder of how household goods were sold to women in the late nineteenth century. Trade cards like this one were small, colorful advertisements handed out by merchants and manufacturers, often tucked into shop counters, sent through the mail, or given to customers as a keepsake. Images of women doing housework, or of attractive domestic scenes, were a common way to link a product with cleanliness, good management of the home, and modern convenience. Collectors today value these cards as both advertising and social history.
| Original scan | 1,714 × 1,163 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif04802_FrenchlaundryKendallMfgCoProvi |
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