Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry Soap, Chas S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, 1880
Description:
The image is a scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "Come buy of your Buttercup..." One card verso has the popular and electoral Presidential election results from 1824-1880 with an admonition to buy the Soap. The second card verso describes the product.The third trade card verso is blank.