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  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Sunlight soap : a child can use it / Lever Brothers Ltd.
  • Sunlight soap : a child can use it / Lever Brothers Ltd.
  • A sovereign remedy.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • A nutritious food-drink for all ages : Horlick's Malted Milk for the seven ages / Horlick's Food Company.
  • A nest egg is very convenient at times ... : save money in the wear and tear of costly fabric by using Swan White Floating Soap ... / Lever Brothers Ltd.
  • What you should know about Medac : medac cream heals spots, pimples, acne-quickly! (please read this leaflet carefully).
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • The new beauty-culture : an absolutely new way of beautifying the complexion... Pond's Extract Soap / Armour & Company.
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Works

    • Ephemera

    Borax extract of soap : by royal letters patent / Patent Borax Company Ltd.

    Patent Borax Company | Date: [between 1900 and 1910?]
    • Ephemera

    Witch hazel glycerine soap / Dr. J.B. Lynas & Son.

    Dr. J.B. Lynas & Son. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
    • Books

    The story of Port Sunlight / Lever Brothers.

    Lever Brothers Ltd | Date: [1930]
    • Ephemera

    Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

    R. S. Hudson Limited. | Date: [1880?]
    • Ephemera

    Dr. Lovelace's scented superior family soap : manufactured only by the East Lancashire Soap Company, Limited : Enfield Soap Works, near Accrington : Junior Wrap.

    East Lancashire Soap Company. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
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