French Laundry soap trade card, Kendall Mfg Co, Providence R.I. – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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French Laundry soap trade card, Kendall Mfg Co, Providence R.I.
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The name on this trade card is the French Laundry soap, a product put out by the Kendall Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island, and the card was meant to be handed to shopkeepers and households as a reminder of the brand. Trade cards like this were a staple of late nineteenth-century advertising, often printed in color with decorative borders, and they tell us as much about how soap was sold as about the soap itself. Cleanliness was becoming a mark of respectability in American homes, and manufacturers competed for the housewife's attention with chromolithographed scenes and slogans. Keep an eye on the lettering and layout, which show how commercial printers pitched household goods to a mass market.
| Original scan | 1,784 × 1,226 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif04802_FrenchlaundryKendallMfgCoProvi |
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