Chrisman Collection

Harry E. Chrisman, former Liberal author and historian, donated a large collection of his writings, photographs, and other items to Liberal Memorial Library for the purpose of research. This database searches the contents of the Chrisman Collection.

N196-K

Call No: N196-K

Description: Denver Best soap advertisement from “The Hired Girl”

Date of origin:

Type: Negative

Size: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8

Condition: Good

Content:

Says Bridget, “Well, I niver see/ The loike in all me blissed loife,/ If Micky iver marries me/ It’s DENVER BEST he’ll buy his woife!!”/ Specially adapted/ for use/ in Hard water./ Copyright/ The Union Soap Co./ The Denver Soap Co./ The Colorado Soap Co. [at top of negative] The Field and Farm! 15

Provenance: “The Hired Girl” magazine or other publication

Miscellaneous Info.:

Advertisement from a magazine or other publication. An illustration of a woman beside her clothesline, holding up a pair of pants, upside down. Her washtub is beside her, and a basket on the ground behind her.

Other Info.: According to the envelope the negative was found in, this is from “The Hired Girl.” According to the ad, this could be a Denver, Colo., publication.

Related to: E17-K (Envelope containing negatives of illustrations for “The Hired Girl”), N195-K (Gold Dust Washing Powder ad from “The Hired Girl”), N197-K (Advertisement of woman by chicken pen in “The Hired Girl” in Denver, Colo.), N198-K (Illustration of woman cranking a cream seperator in “The Hired Girl”),

Subject: “The Hired Girl” magazine or other publication, advertisement, Denver Best, Denver Colorado, illustration, The Colorado Soap Co., The Denver Soap Co., The Union Soap Co., washtub, woman at clothesline,