Soap

Object Name:

Soap

Object ID:

1992.063.492

Place of Origin:

St. Louis, MO

Date:

1900-1930

Description:

Unused bar of soap in original wrapper, T. M. Sayman Products Company, St. Louis, MO. Rectangular bar of pale yellow soap, wrapped in white paper, printed in light blue and black. Top: "SAYMAN'S / VEGETABLE / WONDER / SOAP. / TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT OFFICE"; with portrait of a man. Front: "CONTAINS SOAP ROOT / SUPPLIED BY NATURE". Back: "FOR THE / COMPLEXION, TOILET, / BATH BABY'S SKIN." Bottom: "SAYMAN'S VEGETABLE WONDER SOAP / [ingredients and uses] / [image of baby] / A Soap for the Baby / T. M. SAYMAN PRODUCTS CO., St. Louis, Mo." Left end of wrapper sealed; right end unsealed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-1.25 W-2.1 L-3 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Soap