A mother, a child, and a bar of soap — tenderly rendered.
From the October 1920 issue of The Woman's Magazine, this oversized full-color Fairy Soap advertisement by N.K. Fairbank Company captures the quiet intimacy of a mother washing her child — soft, warm, and entirely of its era. The tagline "What the Fairy Soap Habit Means to a Child's Skin" speaks to a gentler kind of selling. The reverse carries a full-color Royal Baking Powder advertisement complete with two cake recipes. Both sides in wonderful condition for pieces over a century old.
Lovely for a bathroom, nursery, or vintage-inspired powder room. A beautiful gift for collectors of domestic ephemera, early 20th-century illustration, or mother-and-child imagery.
Original full-page color print ad, October 1920
Source: The Woman's Magazine
Double-sided: Fairy Soap / Royal Baking Powder with Angel Cake recipes reverse
Mother & child illustration; tagline: "What the Fairy Soap Habit Means to a Child's Skin"
Dimensions: 16 x 11 inches (including margins)
Condition: Very Good Antique — torn corners and micro tears on borders only, illustration unaffected; colors remain vivid
