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Joe and Lil Shapiro collection of laundry ephemera (MS.2014.002)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into the following series:

Series 1. Poster stamps

Series 2. Labels

Series 3. Postcards

  • Series 3. Subseries A. Ethnic
  • Series 3. Subseries B. Factories
  • Series 3. Subseries C. Humorous
  • Series 3. Subseries D. Laundries and laundering
  • Series 3. Subseries E. Products
  • Series 3. Subseries F. Equipment
  • Series 3. Subseries G. Sets
  • Series 3. Subseries H. Suffrage
  • Series 3. Subseries I. Miscellaneous

Series 4. Starch

Series 5. Washboards and wringers

Series 6. Washers and clotheslines

Series 7. Soaps

Series 8. Ammonia, bleach, bluing and crystals

Series 9. Covers, billheads and letterheads

Series 10. Blotters, advertising calendars and laundries

Series 11. Dyes, irons and lye

Series 12. Ethnic

Series 13. Laundry related booklets

Series 14. Photographs

Series 15. Mechanicals, metamorphic, die-cut and valentines

Series 16. Matchbook covers, wax (paraffin) and puzzles

Series 17. Miscellaneous booklets, broadsides and pamphlets

Series 18. Miscellaneous advertising trade cards, ephemera and photographs

Series 19. Miscellaneous non-trade card advertising

Series 20. Shapiro acquisitions and research

Series 21. Procter & Gamble history

Series 22. Large format advertising

  • Series 22. Subseries A. Articles from periodicals
  • Series 22. Subseries B. Music, calendars and miscellaneous material
  • Series 22. Subseries C. Toys, cut-out dolls and shirt boards
  • Series 22. Subseries D. Cardboard advertisements
  • Series 22. Subseries E. Patents
  • Series 22. Subseries F. Washing machine advertisements
  • Series 22. Subseries G. Soap advertisements
  • Series 22. Subseries H. Non-laundry advertisements

Series 23. Miscellaneous and unusually sized items