Trade card for Babbitt's Best Soap, B.T. Babbitt, New York, New York, 1868

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1868

GUSN

GUSN-307940

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Cosmetics and soaps
Soaps
Cosmetics and soaps - Soaps - Folder 3
Trade card for Babbitt's Best Soap, B.T. Babbitt, New York, New York, 1868
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Cosmetics and soaps
    - Soaps
      - Cosmetics and soaps - Soaps - Folder 3
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        Trade card for Babbitt's Best Soap, B.T. Babbitt, New York, New York, 1868 (current record)

Description

The card verso has a poem titled "Babbitt's baby soap." In the card illustration a little girl sits in a Babbitt's soap box atop a sled pulled by her father.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
cosmetics
soap (organic material)
children (people by age group)
girls
infants
sleds
fathers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.028.03.03.016

Image Dimensions

4 3/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Description Level

Item

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