1889 Ad Red Seal Lye Tomson Philadelphia Potash Soap - ORIGINAL GROC2 XEAA6 This is an original 1935

This is an original 1935 black and white halftone print of the Malaspina glacier in the Alaskan panhandle

The scene represents the capture of wild bulls by the use of a stout net

Joseph Cotten

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This is an original 1899 black and white print of Major General William R

1889 Ad Red Seal Lye Tomson Philadelphia Potash Soap - ORIGINAL GROC2 XEAA6 This is an original 1935This is an original 1889 black and white print ad for Red Seal Granulated Lye from P. C. Tomson & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The seller of the product was Thurber, Whyland & Company. The ad writes, "One can will make 10 to 12 pounds best hard soap, or 200 pounds soft soap." When mixed with animal fat and water, lye forms a thick liquid, that when set and cured, becomes soap. Lye alone is incredibly dangerous and corrosive, and can cause