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Colour advertising insert in a late Victorian magazine promoting Pears Soap.

 

Pears were famous for their campaigns, pioneering a new style of eye-catching advertising that was more visuals than text. When I came across this, it was really startling and modern-looking compared to the cramped and 'busy' ads in the rest of the magazine.

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Uploaded on July 11, 2008
Taken on July 3, 2008