Advertisement for a new head soap in postcard format. Russia, c. 1900. Yiddish.
"Mazal Tov in a Gita Hour" - Mazal Tov and a good hour. A Yiddish advertisement for a new head soap invented by Professor Lemmel to remove bad smell. The Yiddish caption depicts a prisoner who was released from prison and sent away from the company of people due to his stinking smell. The advertiser offers a new soap made of honey and salt and tobacco for spreading on the head and removing the odor. The advertiser emphasizes that the accompanying materials are "available in our company for free no money". On the right is a drawing of two Jews, below is a man applying the new soap to a man's head.
9x14 cm. back smooth. Stains.
