WAKE UP!

Publication

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

WAKE UP!

Entry/Object ID

SS.2019.3

Description

Portrait-oriented black-and-white full-page print; image of elderly man with flowing white beard and tattered clothing seated on hillock; rubs one eye with left hand, holds walking stick in right hand; flagon and gun on the ground; reads sign mounted on post in front of him: "10 Cents will buy the/ BEST TOILET SOAP MADE/ CRADDOCK'S/ MEDICATED/ BLUE SOAP"; winding river through steep-sided valley visible in the distance; printed below image: "WAKE UP!/ to the wonderful progress made in the manufacure of/ toilet soaps in the last 30 years. Then, 25 cents was a/ fair price: to day, 10 cents will buy the best toilet soap/ made. CRADDOCK'S MEDICATED BLUE SOAP is absolutely/ pure and free from alkali./ It has a refreshing odor, lathers/ freely and leaves the skin soft and smooth. No good toilet/ soap is as cheap. No cheap toilet soap is as good./ FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS, AT 10 CENTS PER CAKE./ THE EUREKA SOAP COMPANY, Cincinnati, Ohio."; thick black border all around; above image, printed over thin printed line: "EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE"; printed below image: "Please mention Everybody's Magazine when you write to advertisers."; on reverse, advertisments for SH&M New Velvet Band Skirt Protector, Dubois Fils Imported Soaps, The Angle Laup Company [ping pong balls], and the Owl Game Board.

Publication Details

Author

The Eureka Soap Company

Publisher

Everybody's Magazine

Date Published

1899 - 1909

Printer

The Eureka Soap Company

Notes

Ink on paper

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Some light browing around all edges; slight crinkling of paper at upper left corner.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rip Van Winkle

Person or Organization

Rip Van Winkle

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Purchased for the collection owing to the representation of Rip Van Winkle; and advertisement reference to the text, although 30 years is reference rather than the 20 years of Rip's absence in the story.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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