"Kind Captain, I've important information. Sing hey, the gallant Captain that you are. Higgins German Laundry Soap is the best." (verso)

Creator

Visual + Material Resources, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Preview

Title (descriptive)

reverse of 152

Creation Date

1880

Description

Higgins German Laundry Soap

Work Type

trade cards

Style / Period

Victorian

Measurements

4.3 x 3.125 inches

Inscription

[recto:] "Kind Captain, I've important information, / Sing, hey, the gallant Captain that you are, / Higgins' German Laundry Soap is the best." [verso:] Higgins' German Laundry Soap. [verso:] HIGGINS' / GERMAN LAUNDRY SOAP / IS THE BEST / For Laundry and Family Use. / IT IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST / SOAP IN THE MARKET! / Ask your Grocer for it, and remember that it is / put up in / Blue Wrappers. / TRY I[T!] / CHAS. S. [HIGGINS,] / 94 Wall [Street, New York.]