Soap Collection (page 8)

Pears Soap Advertisement On The Land
An illustrated advertisement for Pears Soap, featuring an image from the Womanhood in War Time, series, portraying a lady holding the handles of a wheelbarrow

A Visitors Impression Of A London Street
A colourful painting of a bustling London street, with the main focus being a crammed open top red bus, with an advertisement of soap on the side. Date: circa 1917

Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lifebuoy soap, a cleansing safeguard against contagious diseases

Pears Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Pears Soap, Matchless for the complexion, the central portrait shows a woman, who has typically flawless skin, wearing a blue dress

Vinolia Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Co Ltd, promoting Vinolia Soap, which soothes and refreshes. The image shows a mother, drying her young son with a towel having had a wash using the product

Morny Freres June Roses Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Limited, London based chemist-perfumers. The image promotes a range of toilet products fragrant with parfum, June Roses

Hudson's Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, which shows a hooded girl leaning on a wall, smiling, with a basket containing a packet of Hudson's soap. Text reads

Pears Soap Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Pears soap, from the womanhood in war time series. The image shows a woman on an allotment, leaning on a spade handle

Morny Freres Mysterieuse Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Morny Freres Limited, London based Chemist and perfumers. The image promotes a range of Essence Mysterieuse products, including toilet water, bath salts

Advert, Lifebuoy soap
Advert, Lifebuoy for Personal Freshness! All nice people use it! Date: 1937

Advert for Wright's Coal Tar soap
Advert for Wrights coal tar soap. Created by William Valentine Wright in 1860,  Wright's Coal Tar Soap was a popular brand of antiseptic soap designed to thoroughly cleanse the skin

Erasmic shaving kit
Erasmic shaving stick advert. The soap advertised to use when shaving, which would cause minimal irritation. Date: 1925

Advertisement, for Brookes Soap, Monkey Brand. Illustration of monkey in theatrical costume with box of soap. Captioned Always read the directions, won't wash clothes and for cleaning

Advert, Pears Soap, dated 1789, mother washing child in tub, used as a magazine insert 100 years later Date: 1789

Cover design, Progress, July 1927 - Lever Brothers magazine, ballerina dancing in a bowl of soap suds while scattering soap flakes Date: 1927

Yardley & Co Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Yardley & Co, a perfumery and fine soap maker established in 1770. The illustrations show the art in perfumery

Indasia Advertisement
Advertisement for Indasia Eastern Perfume. The subtle fragrance of the East is harmonised in INDASIA Eastern Perfume. The illustration shows a woman with a magnifying glass

Advert for Elizabeth Arden soaps, promoted as a little wartime luxury. Date: 1940

Advertisement for Lifebuoy Soap, captioned, Not coddled, but cared for'. Showing children, mothers and Lifebuoy soap. With description of mother as the health doctor

Advertisement for Lifebuoy Soap, from Lever Brothers Ltd, Port Sunlight. Showing two crew men in a lifeboat. With the motto Saves Life'

Advert for Imperial Leather Soap, featuring a Louis XV Vernis Martin fan once owned by Catherine the Great. Date: 1954

Wartime advert for Vinolia Soap, featuring an image a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Date: 1943

Advert for Wright's Coal Tar Soap. Date: 1943

A wartime advert for Imperial Leather soap. Date: 1943

Pears Soap, New Oxford Street, London
Premises of Pears Soap, New Oxford Street, London - entrance hall Date: 1911

Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, WW2
Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, featuring a warden doing dirty wartime work, WW2 Date: 1943

Cartoon, The Man who Discovered the First Brew - medieval types drinking beer. Date: 1930

Advert, Vinolia Premier Soap for health and beauty, the most refreshing soap in the world. Date: 1926

Advert, Price's Olva Toilet Soap, made with palm fruit oil and olive fruit oil, sixpence per tablet. Date: 1926

Thomas J Barratt, English businessman, Father of Modern Advertising, Chairman of Pears Soap. Date: 19th century

Hungarian public information card - grow oil seed for soap
Hungarian patriotic public information postcard - There will be no shortage of soap if we produce oilseeds: rapeseed, castor oil, sunflower oil. Date: circa late 1950s

Advertisement Peerless Erasmic herb soap, available from high-class chemist and druggists. Date: 1893

Major Faure Chomon with gift cartons, Cuba
Major Faure Chomon, Communications Minister for Cuba, holding up so-called gift cartons from American CIA agents. The cartons were found to contain weapons parts, ammunition and grenades. Date: 1963

Gifts of Pears Soap been wrapped up to be sent to the front during World War Two. Date: 1915

Various stages in order of making the palm oil and vegetable fats into a finely-scented eramic soap in Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1907

Dame Edna Everage and Larry Hagman on a chat show
Comic personality, Melbourne housewife and superstar (or gigastar) Dame Edna Everage (played by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries, b 1934) with the American actor Larry Hagman (b 1931)

Poster Pageant - Advert for Pears Soap, Bubbles 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Pears Soap Works 1882
Exterior of Pears Soap Works at at Lanadron, Isleworth. Date: 1882

Crosfield's soap works, Warrington 1886
Various scenes of the packing and distribution of Crosfield's Soap, Bank, Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1886

Various stages of manufacture. Date: 1878

Savonnerie: le decoupage du soap dans les mises (manufacture of soaps) Engraving from "Excursion a travers les
ELD4934758 Savonnerie: le decoupage du soap dans les mises (manufacture of soaps) Engraving from "Excursion a travers les metiers" by Pierre Calmette Private Collection by Calmettes

Soap factory: stamping of the soap brand Engraving from "Excursion a travers les metiers" by Pierre Calmette
ELD4934701 Soap factory: stamping of the soap brand Engraving from "Excursion a travers les metiers" by Pierre Calmette Private Collection by Calmettes

Savonnerie: le decoupage des breads de soap (manufacture of bars of soap) Engraving from "Excursion a travers les
ELD4934735 Savonnerie: le decoupage des breads de soap (manufacture of bars of soap) Engraving from "Excursion a travers les metiers" by Pierre Calmette Private collection by Calmettes

Education. "The first pipe". Child playing with soap balls. Postcard inspired by Beatrice Mallet (1896-1951)
3434239 Education. "The first pipe". Child playing with soap balls. Postcard inspired by Beatrice Mallet (1896-1951), France, c.1930 Additional rights Beatrice Mallet

Joseph Klesken washing up after a days work... Proviso yards of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Joseph Klesken washing up after a days work at the rip tracks at Proviso yards of the C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

A woman washing her cat in the bath (colour litho)
5999932 A woman washing her cat in the bath (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A woman washing her cat in the bath)

Healthy skin keeps him on the job c. 1944
7265328 Healthy skin keeps him on the job c.1944 by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Federal Security Agency - U.S)

Advertisement for Pears, Matchless for Complexion (engraving)
1043461 Advertisement for Pears, Matchless for Complexion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Pears, Matchless for Complexion)

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From the trenches to the home front, soap played a pivotal role in history. During WW1, Wrights Coal Tar Soap became a trusted companion for soldiers, providing relief and cleanliness amidst the chaos of war. In 1900, Gossage Soap captured hearts with its captivating advert, leaving an indelible mark on society's consciousness. However, not all soap advertisements were progressive. The racist Pears ad serves as a stark reminder of past prejudices that we strive to overcome today. Yet amidst these dark moments, Port Sunlight emerged as a beacon of hope - a workers utopia built around the production of soap. The power of advertising was evident in posters promoting Sunlight Soap at every corner of London's bustling Piccadilly Circus in the 1920s. Inside tramsheds like those found in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, people would catch glimpses of Thoms Castile Soap cards enticing them towards cleanliness and luxury. Across borders, French artist Jean Carlu created an iconic advertisement for Monsavon soap in 1925 - showcasing both artistic brilliance and effective marketing strategies. Meanwhile, Pears Soap continued to captivate audiences since its groundbreaking advert back in 1887. As time progressed into the 1930s, Goodwins toilet soap brought elegance and sophistication into households worldwide. Through wars and societal changes alike, one thing remains constant - soap has been an essential part of our lives throughout history.