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Ivory Soap Collection, 1883-1990
- Notes
- Established in 1837, Procter & Gamble began as a soap and candle company in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has since grown to include other personal and household cleansers, cosmetics, pet food, laundry products, and multiple other products. It developed and began marketing Ivory Soap in 1879
- Summary
- Print advertising, covering almost the entire history of Ivory Soap, including advertisements designed by artists including Jesse Wilcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and J.C. Leyendecker
- Cite as
- Ivory Soap Collection, 1883-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Procter & Gamble
- Date
- 1883
- 1883-1990
- 20th century
- 19th century
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- artist
- Leyendecker, J. C. 1874-1951
- Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
- Smith, Jessie Willcox 1863-1935
- Local number
- 2002.3110 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Procter & Gamble Company Product Packaging Collection, 1940s-1970s
- Notes
- Established in 1837, Procter & Gamble began as a soap and candle company in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has since grown to include other personal and household cleansers, cosmetics, pet food, laundry products, and multiple other products. It developed and began marketing Ivory Soap in 1879
- Summary
- A collection of flat-folded product packages for soap and detergent. Some of the packages were designed by industrial designer Donald Deskey
- Cite as
- Procter & Gamble Company Product Packaging Collection, 1940s-1970s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1940
- 1940-1980
- 1940s-1970s
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- designer
- Deskey, Donald 1894-
- collector
- Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 2003.3058 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Baseball.] [Print advertising.] [Honolulu newspapers.]
- Summary
- Photograph of catcher and umpire in baseball game. With Ivory soap image, upper right
- Date
- 1938
- 1930-1940
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 4
- 0207910657 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
257 Miles From 1 Pair of Stockings! [Print advertising.] True Story. 1939
- Summary
- Advertisement for Ivory Flakes. Photograph of woman in red dress on white fur rug; photographs of saleswoman, housekeeper, and golfer. Comic strip, "The Young Married Set," at bottom
- Date
- 1939
- July 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 5
- 0207910658 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
No Business Has Ever Yet Failed to Gain Business--And goodwill... [Print advertising.] Linen Supply News. 1939
- Summary
- Large print with photograph of Ivory Soap at bottom left
- Date
- 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 6
- 0207910659 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
How to Win Friends and Influence Guests. [Print advertising.] [Hotel industry publications.] 1939
- Summary
- Illustration: cartoon of Ivory Soap character, hammering a nail to hang a "There's No Place Like Home" sign
- Date
- 1939
- Published Sept.-Oct. 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 8
- 0207910661 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Take My Advice, Mr. Dealer: Tie in With This Biggest, Newest Ivory Soap Contest. [Print advertising.] Canadian Grocer. 1939
- Summary
- Photograph of baby with bar of Ivory in raised hand. Text lists Buicks and cash as prizes
- Date
- 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 9
- 0207910662 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
It Floats: On A Wave Of Popularity. [Print advertising.] Canadian Grocer. 1939
- Summary
- Illustration of three Ivory bars at top right. Text contains reference to Mary Marlin radio programs
- Date
- 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Subject
- Marlin, Mary
- Local number
- 244153
- Ivorydata4 10
- 0207910663 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Only 1 [cent] for this lovely glass bowl. [Print advertising.] Canadian News. 1939
- Summary
- Illustration of glass bowl on top of bar of Ivory Soap
- Date
- 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 11
- 0207910664 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Only 1 [cent]. [Print advertising.] 1939
- Summary
- Illustration of snowman with legs next to bar of Ivory Soap
- Date
- 1939
- donor
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Local number
- Ivorydata4 12
- 0207910665 (Scan No.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
