1891 Ad Ruined Stocking Ivory Soap Floating Invention - ORIGINAL LHJ3 XGLC2 product of Standard Brands Incorporated

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1891 Ad Ruined Stocking Ivory Soap Floating Invention - ORIGINAL LHJ3 XGLC2 product of Standard Brands IncorporatedThis is an original 1891 black and white print ad for Ivory Soap by the Procter and Gamble Company of Cincinnati. There is a legend that the floating Ivory Soap was an accident. A worker left the air mixing machine on for too long and because mixing extra air doesn't effect the ingredients the company sold the "ruined" batch of soap. Procter and Gamble received many appreciative letters about this floating soap they decided to increase the mix time