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The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory. It grew tremendously throughout the late 1800s and into the first quarter of the 1900s with an approach called "The Larkin Idea" that transformed the company into a mail-order conglomerate that employed 2,000 people and had annual sales of $28.6 million ...
The product was received well and therefore was followed by Old Spice for men in 1938. [4] The men's products included shaving soap and aftershave lotion, marketed with a nautical theme. Sailing ships in particular were used for the brand's packaging. The original ships used on the packaging were the Grand Turk and the Friendship.
Soap on a rope was invented in the late 1940s after soap makers realized they could mold soap around any object. [4] The notion of soap on a rope as a seasonal gift, particularly for men, was popular in the United Kingdom in the 1970s, [5] and it remained an ironic or niche marketing tool through the 1990s. 'Pope on a rope' soaps, for example ...
The Munroe Falls Historical Society helped identify this photo from the early 20th century. This view is looking north on North Main Street (Route 91) near Munroe Falls Avenue.
Yardley & Statham exhibited soap and perfume, including a soap called Old Brown Windsor, which was embossed with a picture of Windsor Castle and was one of their first production soaps. [10] In 1913, Yardley adopted Francis Wheatley's Flowersellers painting, from his Cries of London series, as their new corporate logo.
Lux Soap was introduced to America in 1925 by the Lever Brothers. [6] It was a white soap packaged in pastel colors designed to be comparable to the finer French soaps, but more affordable. [7] Once Lux Soap began its national campaign in 1926, it was also advertised for men and children. [7]
Barzilay Freund says, “Antique and vintage ceramics create talking points within a room and can be arranged (and endlessly re-arranged!) in compelling ways—on a mantle, tabletop, or shelf—to ...
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