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Title: Gold Dust washing powder has grown and so have we
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of an advertisement for Gold Dust washing powder featuring a pair of African American twins working as bellhops in the downstairs lobby of a hotel carrying suitcases labeled, "Gold Dust washing powder N.K.F. & Co;" one of the two men points up at an earlier ad that featured the twins as babies bathing in a tub with their arms over each others' shoulders.
Date supplied by cataloger based on company history; N.K. Fairbank & Co. operated from 1875-1921. "[?] Litho. Co. Chi[cago]"--text, bottom right margin. "N.K. Fairbank & Co. Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal."--text, bottom right of image. "Always welcome"--text, bottom left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 69.85 x 52.71 cm (27 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_HHD_001910
409566
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4795
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Cleaning compounds
African Americans--Pictorial works
Babies--Pictorial works
Hotels--Pictorial works
Men--Pictorial works
Twins--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Household
Large Size
Cleaning Products
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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