Found this old bar of soap tucked away in my Aunt’s hoarding house. Ironically/caustically…I remember Fels-Naptha Soap being dispensed by the U.S. Army for shower use to me in the late 1960’s. The Private’s privates survived! Not sure why I posted about this…saw the pic I took and thought ‘what the hell’.
“Lazarus Fels and his son Abraham founded Fels and Company in Baltimore. The business eventually failed and Lazarus Fels’s brother Joseph became a salesman representing two Philadelphia soap manufacturing businesses (1893).
He eventually purchased Thomas Worsley and Company and renamed it Fels and Company of Philadelphia. The business remained in the control of the Fels family until it was sold to the Purex Corporation in 1964.
The Fels family were philanthropists, and contributed to a variety of worthy causes, including the establishment of two arts and crafts communities, one of which in Arden, Delaware still exists.” (more)
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Who would have known..
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You piqued my curiosity. I had heard of this product a few years ago but never really knew what it was. I thought it was some old-timey natural soap or something. Turns out it’s still manufactured by a German company called Henkel. Its primary use seems to be for pre-treating stains on clothes and is a home remedy for treating exposure to poison ivy and other skin irritants. Wikipedia has a short blurb on it. Just thought I’d share a little trivia — information overload!
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Yes, I think it is definitely now a stain remover or they say a small dab in the laundry with the normal soap is supposedly beneficial…and the poison ivy dealy too….thanks for the trivia.
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