Two bars of "Welcome Borax Soap" in original, unopened paper wrappers. Produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
soap (organic material)
soap (organic material)
paper (fiber product)
Soap
Soap
"WELCOME / [illustration of pair of clasped hands] / BORAX SOAP" and "Exchangeable for premiums only by purchase / the Welcome Soap in this wrapper. / SAVE THIS WRAPPER" and "SEND FOR THE LATES CATALOG! / Many remarkable PREMIUMS given in exchange for / Welcome Soap wrappers / See other side of this wrapper for directions for sending for catalog and / premiums. Each wrapper bears this signature: Curtis Davis & Co. / Works and Offices: Cambridge-Mass" (printed)
Lever Brothers Company (Manufacturer)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.6145.1-.2
1930 (Circa)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
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