1889 Ad Red Seal Lye Tomson Philadelphia Potash Soap - ORIGINAL GROC2 LTX1 located at Box 20 in

located at Box 20 in Chicopee Falls

a town on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece

Bing Crosby

alcoholic beverages

designed in 1702

1889 Ad Red Seal Lye Tomson Philadelphia Potash Soap - ORIGINAL GROC2 LTX1 located at Box 20 inThis is an original 1889 black and white print ad for Red Seal Granulated Lye from P. C. Tomson & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The seller of the product was Thurber, Whyland & Company. The ad writes, "One can will make 10 to 12 pounds best hard soap, or 200 pounds soft soap." When mixed with animal fat and water, lye forms a thick liquid, that when set and cured, becomes soap. Lye alone is incredibly dangerous and corrosive, and can cause