1889 Ad Lewis Lye Pennsylvania Salt Soap Cleaner Health - ORIGINAL GROC2 CWM1 London Scottish

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1889 Ad Lewis Lye Pennsylvania Salt Soap Cleaner Health - ORIGINAL GROC2 CWM1 London ScottishThis is an original 1889 black and white print ad for Lewis' 98% Lye Powdered and Perfumed from the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ad writes, "The best soap can be made in from 10 to 20 minutes with this lye. In making soap, no failure is possible if the simple directions are followed." When mixed with animal fat and water, lye forms a thick liquid, that when set and cured, becomes soap. Lye alone is