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GUSN-197767
Mirabeau soap box. Teal and white with blue and red lettering. A woman's head is on the front.
soap boxes
Soap
"Mirabeau Antiseptic TOILET SOAP" (Enclosed in what is printed to look like a banner with two tassels hanging down. Located beneath a woman's profile view.)
"LINCOLN CHEMICAL WORKS "A CORPORTATION" ESTABLISHED IN 1886 Chicago U.S.A." (printed)
"THIS SOAP IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF DISCRIMINATING LADIES. IT IS PURE AND AS NEUTRAL AS IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT. NO EXPENSE IS SPARED IN ITS PRE-PARATION" (printed)
"THIS SOAP IS SCIENTIFICALLY MADE OF THE BEST MATERIALS OBTAINABLE. THE PERFUME LASTS TO THE END OF EACH CAKE" (printed)
"EH0501" (Written in pencil- possibly an old accession number or a personal marking.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
3.5 x 1.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3095
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