Resinol Soap Chemical Company Beauty Album c1900-10 1st Photos Boys Girls Rare

Description

Multiple (combined) purchases postpaid by seller.  A delightful and highly rare title. Offered is a first (and probably only) printing of "The Resinol Beauty Album" published by the Resinol Chemical Company out of Baltimore, Maryland. A small glossy undated pamphlet, circa 1900-1910, measuring 4-1/2" by 6-5/8" and containing 28 pages including front and rear covers. The front cover contains a portrait of Dorothy Archer of Evansville, Indiana ("She Uses RESINOL SOAP and says SO SHOULD YOU"). The interior pages are devoted primarily to single-page portrait photographs of very young girls and boys, along with testimonials from their mothers on the beneficial uses of Resinol Soap. The lightest of wear, else and overall in Near Fine condition, a splendid vintage and historical item with marvelous period photographs.