Soap
Object number2013.102.11
Manufacturer
Procter & Gamble Company
Date1926
MediumSoap, Paper
Credit LineGift of Sally K. Whigham
DescriptionSmall hotel soap wrapped in paper cover. White coloring with blue printed text and handwritten text.Dimensions1.25 x 2 x 0.312 x 17 in. (3.2 x 5.1 x 0.8 x 43.2 cm)InscriptionsFront has blue printed text "IVORY SOAP / for / THE PENN ALBERT HOTEL / GREENSBURG, PA".
Handwritten in pencil on front at bottom: "Sat ngt, June 5,1926".
MarksBack has blue printed text "Procter & Gamble".
Historical NotesSoap from the honeymoon of Henrrietta Kimmich and Louis Kimmich on June 5, 1926. German immigrant Emily Medick was a personal seamstress to the H.J. Heinz family until her marriage to another German immigrant, Louis Kimmich, in 1896. The family lived at 5412 Broad Street in East Liberty where Louis ran the L. Kimmich barber shop. The family had two children, a daughter named Henrietta and a son.
Previous owner
Emily Medick Kimmich
(born 1874)
Related person
Louis Kimmich
Related institution
Penn Albert Hotel
Related institution
H. J. Heinz Company
(founded 1888)
Related person
Henry John Heinz
(1844 - 1919)
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