1891 Ad Word of Warning Ivory Soap Floats Fashion Dress - ORIGINAL LHJ3 Civil Rights / Discrimination Large tear - right margin

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This ad features their Vaseline Carbolated Petroleum Jelly antiseptic and first-aid ointment

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1891 Ad Word of Warning Ivory Soap Floats Fashion Dress - ORIGINAL LHJ3 Civil Rights / Discrimination Large tear - right marginThis is an original 1891 black and white print ad for Ivory Soap by the Procter and Gamble Company of Cincinnati. There is a legend that the floating Ivory Soap was an accident. A worker left the air mixing machine on for too long and because mixing extra air doesn't effect the ingredients the company sold the "ruined" batch of soap. Procter and Gamble received many appreciative letters about this floating soap they decided to increase the mix time