"Laundress Soap" 1893 Columbian Exposition Cleveland Ohio Color Bldg Series Ad

Description

Colorful “Laundress Soap” Main Building Series Ad for the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair
– 3.25 x 4.5 inches
coated stiff card
with black caption print and graphic of the
Art Palace Building
on
a tan background (front cover shown); back with black print and list of their 12 WCE principal views included with receipt of 10 soap wrappers (shown)
. Cleveland, OH:
Central Manufacturing
, 1893. Single card printed both sides. The back also gives
a
description
that their soap is gentle and contains no lye
(shown). Part of a
series of WCE cards
depicting the main buildings and used my other advertisers besides Central Manufacturing (see another example advertising from the same card series for “Jersey Coffee” now on eBay and making a pair).
–
Supplemental Information
: I could not find an exhibit location for them in either the “The Official Directory” or “The Official Catalog” of exhibitors, so I think this was one of numerous companies that rode the popularity of the WCE but did not participate except to support it with many ads.
Central’s
main product was
seems to have been
“Laundress Soap”
as I couldn’t find their history in Cleveland on the Internet.
– Condition:
Excellent:
Cover color print fine (shown). Color graphic image of the Art Palace Building (shown). No tears, stains, or marks (shown). Corners gently rounded (shown).
**Buyer pays
$4.95 First Class Package shipping in a stiff container with tracking number.