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RIT Cake, Flaked, and Powdered

  • 1920-May

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Print advertisement for RIT brand textile dye from Good Housekeeping magazine, May 1920. The advertisement features several color illustrations of women wearing garments colored with RIT dyes, as well as sketches of packaging for assorted RIT dyes, including powdered and flaked.

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  • 21 cm W x 29 cm H
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  • Shelfmark 632.7.1 Ephemera Box 1

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Sunbeam Chemical Company. “RIT Cake, Flaked, and Powdered.” Hearst Corporation, May 1920. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5u6gh6d.

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