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Making the Dirt Fly

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Title:
Making the Dirt Fly
Alternate Title:
Making the Dirt Fly
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Sapolio Soap
Date:
1907
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1160.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1160_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1900 - 1919
Subject:
Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Measurement:
22 x 15 page (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
An advertising map showing a bar of Sapolio soap cutting through the U.S. The ad reflects the decision of the U.S. in 1904 to assume the ongoing construction of the Panama Canal: "While Uncle Sam is making the dirt fly at Panama, Sapolio is making it fly at home."

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Source:
The Pacific Monthly, Outing Number, 1907.
Cite As:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:
Image
Rights:
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