Description
Black and white 9 3/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad that is for the Old Spice Early American Shave Sets. This ad starts off with the words “A Man’s Idea of a Real Gift…“ just above a picture of the “Old Spice Shave Soap in Pottery Mug $1.00″. The text says that you should get him “Something he can use, and really enjoy! Superb toilet accessories – shaving soap (in mug), after-shave lotion, cologne, bath soap and talcum – all scented with invigorating Old Spice. He’ll be particularily pleased with the traditional appeal of the pottery containers and red-lined, wood veneer chests, decorated with authentic reproductions of the gallant ships that blazed the way for Early American trade. Old Spice good grooming requisites are sold individually, or in combination sets, as issustrated below, up to $5.00″.
Source: December 18, 1939 Life magazine.
