Small Bottle?

[kwalker]

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Courtesy of Dave Whitten's popular website

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[JohnN]

Yes, there was some white stuff still in there. There was also some kind of hard black stuff, which I'm not sure if it was a piece of cork, the applicator, or, probably, just dirt.

 

[cpackjr]

Here it is: http://filmic-light.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-fools-still-not-snow-white-you.html

This is the one I find a lot. I'm on my iPad so had to link to it. It is About the 9th picture down on that page. It is called snow white cleanser for white shoes And that picture is dated at 1910.

Someone said search magazines, I usually go to google books and search for products by name, if I know the name from a Bottle, and it gives viewable results from magazines back into the 1800's. Great resource. I'm going to search for this product now and see if that date is reliable.

 

[cpackjr]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-ECLIPSE...aultDomain_0&hash=item2a0bd0176d#ht_500wt_689

Another one on eBay. Seems like 1910 or 'turn of the century' is a little too early. I find these often in 1930's context, but they may have been around for awhile. I found an add for snow white shoe cleanser in a 1954 paper but no picture to compare to
That one says 4 ounces, but I know that's the same bottle as the 2 oz

 

[cpackjr]

Looks like it to. Maybe same bottle maker, different shoe cleanser company
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1900s-Bottl...I&otn=21&pmod=250870466743&ps=50#ht_500wt_922