Good Clean Fun: Vintage Soap Ads

Back in the day, bath soap had only two purposes: To get the dirt off and make you beautiful. Forget today’s body washes, bath bombs and aerosols. Grab a cake and lather up.  After framing, many of these vintage ads make great decorations for the bathroom. See hundreds of similar vintage magazine ads and covers for sale at Monroe Street Books. Click here.

Palmolive vintage soap ad illustrated by Neysa McMein. Woman in front of Egyptian statue of Princess labeled: The re-incarnation of beauty.

Palmotive Soap Ad illustrated by McMein, 1920

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Vintage Woodbury's Facial Soap Ad, Illustrated by Kimball

Vintage Palmolive Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

Vintage Camay Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

Vintage Colgate Soap Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

Vintage Palmolive Soap Ad

Vintage Pears' Soap Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

Vintage Ivory Soap Ad

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