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Images about Soaps

234 images from works
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Sunlight soap : a child can use it / Lever Brothers Ltd.
  • Sunlight soap : a child can use it / Lever Brothers Ltd.
  • A sovereign remedy.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • A nutritious food-drink for all ages : Horlick's Malted Milk for the seven ages / Horlick's Food Company.
  • A nest egg is very convenient at times ... : save money in the wear and tear of costly fabric by using Swan White Floating Soap ... / Lever Brothers Ltd.
  • What you should know about Medac : medac cream heals spots, pimples, acne-quickly! (please read this leaflet carefully).
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • The new beauty-culture : an absolutely new way of beautifying the complexion... Pond's Extract Soap / Armour & Company.

Works from the collections

587 works

    • Ephemera

    One for him, one for her, one for free : buy any two productes, get a 3rd free : Timotei original shampoo / Tesco.

    | Date: [1993]
    • Ephemera

    Borax extract of soap : by royal letters patent / Patent Borax Company Ltd.

    Patent Borax Company | Date: [between 1900 and 1910?]
    • Ephemera

    Use "Royal" : the original camphor soap / Hanson Brothers Limited.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1970]
    • Ephemera

    Witch hazel glycerine soap / Dr. J.B. Lynas & Son.

    Dr. J.B. Lynas & Son. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
    • Ephemera

    Montagne Jeunesse : one Earth, one ethic, one natural beauty / Montagne Jeunesse.

    | Date: [1992]
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Related topics

Hygiene
Detergents
Detergents
Skin Care
Skin Care
Laundering
Beauty, Personal
Hygiene
Disinfection
Pharmaceutical Preparations

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