Lifebuoy (Lever Bros. Co.)

Advertisement for Lifebuoy Health Soap features a comic strip “Then a Big Idea Hit Him” in which a man finds himself getting “stifled” from his girl friend, “Mary Lou,” while sitting with her on a porch swing. After he starts showering with Lifebuoy, he no longer has problems with body odor. In a telephone conversation Mary Lou agrees to go out dancing with him. In the final panel, Mary Lou declares “It keeps me dainty on the hottest day.” Also includes image of a container of Lifebuoy.

Publication date: 1933-08-06

Size: 22 x 35 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Conversation--1930-1940
• Dating (Social custom)--1930-1940
• Lever Brothers Company--Products--1930-1940
• Men--Clothing & dress--1930-1940
• Women--Clothing & dress--1930-1940
• Gliders (Outdoor furniture)--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Advertisements

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 6, 1933), Part 4/Comics, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg