Box of Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder. Yellow box printed with black and white lettering and illustration of trademark Gold Dust Twins standing on a pile of coins. Box contents have been removed.
boxes (containers)
soap boxes
paper (fiber product)
Box
Box
"FAIRBANKS [on banner] / GOLD DUST/ Washing Powder" (printed)
"DIRECTIONS FOR USING / GOLD DUST / [MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS OF TEXT / SEE PHOTOGRAPH]" (printed)
"None genuin without the distinctive yellow and gold color. BEWARE OF IMMITATIONS. / THE N. K. FARIBANK COMPANY, / SOAP MAKERS."
"Gold Dust Consumers will find / a still greater economy and / conveneince in buying our / large package. Quality the / same as this package." (printed)
"Uses of / GOLD DUST / [USES LISTED]" (One side of box lists uses in English the other in German.)
N.K. Fairbank Co. (Maker)
Illinois
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.5999
Probably Illinois (United States)
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