Kirkman Borax Soap
date: label: date made
content: 1953 - 1960s
label: product launch by Kirkman
content: 1837
label: Kirkman and Son was bought by Colgate-Palmolive
content: 1929
name: label: maker
content: Colgate-Palmolive Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: The handy golden bar-- that lightens your work. Gives heaps of suds for dishes and laundry. Helps remove stubborn spots from clothes. Brightens stoves, refrigerators, sinks, tile and chrome. Makes walls, woodwork, and floors glisten. Most economical mild and gentle to lovely hands.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Soap
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Bathing
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen Dietrich and Julie Gorski
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0008.07
label: accession number
content: 2000.0008
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0008.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: soap
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.81 cm