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Asbestos Kitchen Goods (1901)
Asbestos Kitchen Goods (1901)
AdvertisementAsbestos Kitchen Goods (1901)
Company/Advertising AgencyDeSolla & Company
Publication SourceThe State, Vol 6 (5)
PublisherCommercial Print Company
Publisher LocationUnited States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Publication DateFebruary 1901



Advertisement TextAvoid trouble by having your kitchen boiler covered with asbestos at small cost. Hot water in half the time. Twenty percent of fuel saved. Try this at once. It will pay you. Heat in the kitchen reduced to a minimum. Asbestos goods of all kinds.
Contextual NotesDuring and after the Industrial Revolution, asbestos was widely used as an insulating material in the United States and Canada. Scientists have linked certain types of asbestos to three fatal diseases: lung cancer, asbestosis, and mesothelioma.

CategoryHome economics, household goods and appliances
Health and hygiene
Subjects (LCSH)Asbestos
Geographic CoverageUnited States--Washington (State)

Digital CollectionEarly Advertising
Digital ID NumberADV0020
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionPacific Northwest Collection. 979.505 STA
Object TypeAdvertisement
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008
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