N K FAIRBANKS ADVERTISINGS STRING HOLDER ~ GOLD DUST !!

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N K FAIRBANKS ADVERTISINGS STRING HOLDER ~ GOLD DUST !!

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Sold Date: 02/21/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Advertising

is an original N. K. Fairbanks advertising string holder; one of the most sought after tin string holders is this N. K. Fairbanks advertising three of their most popular products. Gold Dust Granules, Fairy Soap for the bath, and Sunny Monday Washday Soap. The three sided 6 paneled display is extremely hard to find in any condition. This is a complete rarity! As you can see in the pictures t is light rust pitting, but in now does the rust even nearly pit all the way through. This piece stands roughly eight inches tall from the bottom of the tin to the top, the chain is another 10 inches and it measures roughly 10 inches wide. At auction last year one of these sold for 7,500 dollars in poor condition! Not only is this piece I am offering to you, in better condition than that one, it also has the original hanging chain and string! I can not stress enough how sought after this piece is, a must and a welcoming addition to any country store collection. This is guaranteed to be 100% authentic or your money back! is some history behind the company - Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder - The many purpose cleaner. The N. K. Fairbanks soap company produced numerous types of soap and cleaning productions. The business started in 1897 and eventually folded in the 1930's. The Gold Dust products were represented by the Gold Dust twins, two African-American children surrounded by gold coins. The orange box with the universally recognized twins practically jumped off the shelf. In fact the twins were one of the best known trademarks of the 19th century. Let the twins do your work was the tag line. The back of the box shows the twins tackling several household chores as well as a list of 34 cleaning jobs made easier by using gold dust. Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbanks was born in Sodus, New York in 1829 and came west to Chicago by canal boat and train after the Civil War. He brought cottonseed oil and was involved in the manufacture of soaps, among which were fairy soap (pure, white, floating), Sunday Monday (washday soap) and Gold Dust (soap granules). Fair soap was named of course form the first four letters of his last name. The trademark of the little fair was modeled for by a young girl. The fairy idea was very effective advertising and many people remembered their mothers insisting on fairy soap being used for their Saturday night baths! The Gold Dust twins were draw by E.W. Kemble, a staff artist for the Chicago Daily graphic. The fairbank company complied his drawings and published them as a coloring booklet to go with the soap in 1904. The twins were on the package for 75 years. In 1864 Nathaniel K. Fairbank and John Peck established Fairbank, Peck & Co as the successor to Smedley, Peck & Co, a Chicago lard processor and soap maker. Using materials generated by the city's large meatpacking industry, the company expanded. By 1870, its new plant at 19th and Blackwell st. Employed about 1960 men, women, and children, and produced about $2 million worth of lard, soap, and cottonseed oil a year. In 1875, it was purchased by American Cotton Oil and was renamed N.K Fairbanks & Co. By 1880, it had 400 employees and $5 million in annual sales. A decade later, the company had sales branches in St. Louis, Omaha, and Montreal and have become famous for its distinctive advertising. The company employed over 1,000 people at the 19th st. plant in Chicago into the 1910's. In 1921 the plant was closed as American Cotton Oil moved its manufacturing to newer plants in the South. Please look at my other auctions for other great deals on other antiques, antique bottles, and other interesting items. I will combine shipping on multiple item purchases. Please note for anyone who intends to pay with paypal the item or items must be insured for shipping. Thanks for looking and please add me to your favorite list, I have many new and interesting items listed weekly!