Cheesebrough Manuf’g Co. (New York, N.Y.) [cabinet cards]

Title

Cheesebrough Manuf’g Co. (New York, N.Y.) [cabinet cards]

Description

With portraits of Blaine and Logan on the recto, with advertisements for the company’s new “white Vaseline” on the verso.

In 1870, Robert Chesebrough began selling a product derived from petroleum residue, Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. Chesebrough's first manufacturing plant for vaseline was in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. In 1881, Chesebrough Manufacturing began operating under Standard Oil. Through various corporate changes, the product is still manufactured today, under the Unilever brand.

Creator

Cheesebrough Manuf'g Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Date

1884

Format

Cabinet cards [photographs]

Type

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Files

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Citation

Cheesebrough Manuf'g Co. (New York, N.Y.), “Cheesebrough Manuf’g Co. (New York, N.Y.) [cabinet cards],” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed December 4, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/403.