Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Soap
Object Number:
2002.1.836
Date:
1955
Medium:
Paper, cotton, soap
Dimensions:
6 x 3 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
This box printed with the stock market report on the lid is marked "Soap Can Be Profitable/ Hewitt". Inside in cotton are two beige soaps the look like medallions. One one side is a classical bust of a woman's head and the words "Hewitt Soap Co., Inc./ MXMLV", and on the other, a duck and the logo "Ominbus Lavandum Est".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
