Type of detergent used for cleaning laundry

Sunlight soap : a child can use it / Lever Brothers Ltd.

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.

White as snow : if you wish your linen to be white as snow, Sunlight Soap will make it so.

Sunlight : my soap is my fortune sir, she said / Lever Brothers Ltd.

The Delineator. Vol.LXVII, no.1, January 1906 : [cover only] / The Butterick Publishing Co. (Ltd.).

Wir spülen für Sie mit dem langen Arm : CCC Calmic cleaning compounds / Calmic GmbH.

Sultane savon : idéal pour tous les usages : voor alle doeleinden geschikt / Savonneries Réunies.

To house-keepers! : Beware of peddlers who are trying to sell washing powders in place of Soapine ... / Kendall Manufacturing Company.

Dame Trot : to market, to market went little Dame Trot, Sunlight Soap for mother the pretty maid got... / [Lever Brothers Ltd.].

48 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 x 26 cm

The story of Port Sunlight / Lever Brothers.

Painting lesson : to teach the young folk to paint : colour this for scrap book / Hudson's Soap.

Use Pyle's Pearline for easy washing : beware of worthless imitations / James Pyle.

1 sheet : colour illustrations ; 14 x 23 cm

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Dr. Lovelace's scented superior family soap : manufactured only by the East Lancashire Soap Company, Limited : Enfield Soap Works, near Accrington : Junior Wrap.

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The story of Port Sunlight / Lever Brothers.

Painting lesson : to teach the young folk to paint : colour this for scrap book / Hudson's Soap.

Use Pyle's Pearline for easy washing : beware of worthless imitations / James Pyle.

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Dr. Lovelace's scented superior family soap : manufactured only by the East Lancashire Soap Company, Limited : Enfield Soap Works, near Accrington : Junior Wrap.

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The story of Port Sunlight / Lever Brothers.

Painting lesson : to teach the young folk to paint : colour this for scrap book / Hudson's Soap.

Use Pyle's Pearline for easy washing : beware of worthless imitations / James Pyle.

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Dr. Lovelace's scented superior family soap : manufactured only by the East Lancashire Soap Company, Limited : Enfield Soap Works, near Accrington : Junior Wrap.

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