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Description
One of set of 6. In return for sending in 25 wrappers to James S. Kirk & Co. Boston get whole set of 6 cards.
Small some nicks and folds, small piece of LR corner missing.
11.5 x 7.5 cm
James S. Kirk, a native of Scotland who grew up in Montreal, moved his soap-manufacturing business from Utica, New York, to Chicago in 1859. In 1867, he set up a large new plant on North Water Street. In 1870, this facility employed about 30 men and 20 children and made nearly $600,000 worth of soap during the year. By 1880, the North Water Street plant was one of world’s largest soap factories, with machinery driven by steam engines, a workforce of 250, and an annual output worth over $2 million. By the turn of the century, when there were close 600 workers at Kirk’s factory, it made about 100 million pounds of soap per year. In 1929, the North Water Street plant was demolished, and the remnants of the company were sold to Proctor & Gamble of Cincinnati.
Source: www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org
