1891 Ad Important Speech Ivory Soap Procter & Gamble Co - ORIGINAL LHJ3 XAN9 and 411 Broadway

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This is an original 1931 halftone print of the news stand in Grand Central Station

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1891 Ad Important Speech Ivory Soap Procter & Gamble Co - ORIGINAL LHJ3 XAN9 and 411 BroadwayThis is a rare original 1891 black and white print ad for Ivory Soap by the Procter and Gamble Company of Cincinnati. There is a legend that the floating Ivory Soap was an accident. A worker left the air mixing machine on for too long and because mixing extra air doesn't effect the ingredients the company sold the "ruined" batch of soap. Procter and Gamble received many appreciative letters about this floating soap they decided to increase the mix