VINTAGE OXYDOL COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD SOAP DETERGENT LARGE SEALED BOX 1950's

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INTAGE SEALED BOX OXYDOL
"COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD SOAP  FOR DISHES AND CLOTHES WASHING"
ORIGINAL SEALED BOX FROM 1940'S  TO MID 1950'S
LARGE SIZE 1 LB. 8 OZ.
ON BOX "LISTEN IN DAILY TO OXYDOL'S OWN MA PERKINS"
Oxydol was the sponsor of the Ma Perkins radio show, considered the first soap opera; as such, Oxydol sponsorship put the "soap" in "soap opera".
OXYDOL was created in 1914 by
Thomas Hedley Co.
of Newcastle upon Tyne and purchased by
Procter & Gamble
in 1927. It was P&G's first laundry soap.
In the 1930s,