Medicine and Madison Avenue: Soaps

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A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.

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John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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Company
- Lever Brothers Ltd. (8)
- James S. Kirk & Co. (2)
- Procter & Gamble (2)

Product
- Lifebuoy Health Soap (6)
- Jap Rose Soap (2)
- Soaps (2)
- Zephyr-Fresh Lifebuoy Health Soap (2)

Subject
- Lever Brothers Ltd. (8)
- Lifebuoy Health Soap (6)
- Features--Children (4)

Year
- 1918 (1)
- 1926 (1)
- 1938 (3)
- 1939 (1)
- 1941 (2)
- 1944 (2)
- 1953 (2)

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Includes body soaps marketed as aids to personal cleanliness and odor control.

This tragedy of history proves how truly you need a clear soap	Kirk's Jap Rose Soap	Soap plays a big part in the lives of our Fighting Men!	I say to all active men...Don't count on ordinary soap to stop "B.O."
No Ordinary Soap Stops "B.O." as Lifebuoy Does!	Have You Tried the New Zephyr-Fresh Lifebuoy	Once I made the mistake of using ordinary soap to protect against "B.O."	How We Cured Our Own Famous Case of "B.O."
1,001 Ways soap helps to win the war!	Mothers! I've discovered a way to get kiddies to wash hands and like it	Watch out for those Colds!	This can't be Lifebuoy...

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