Racist Advertisement For Soap

A vintage colour postcard featuring a racist advertisement for Cook's Lightning Soap, in which a woman uses soap to turn a black boy white. A text below the image tells the story in rhyming verse using racist language. Published in Great Britain, circa 1905. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
A vintage colour postcard featuring a racist advertisement for Cook's Lightning Soap, in which a woman uses soap to turn a black boy white. A text below the image tells the story in rhyming verse using racist language. Published in Great Britain, circa 1905. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Racist Advertisement For Soap
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Credit:
Paul Popper/Popperfoto / Contributor
Editorial #:
149128872
Collection:
Popperfoto
Date created:
01 January, 1905
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Rights-managed
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Source:
Popperfoto
Object name:
NTH_0021
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2520 x 4165 px (21.34 x 35.26 cm) - 300 dpi - 10 MB