"Your laundry will be as white as snow". Advertisement poster for "Kesem" washing powder, produced by "Shemen" factory. "Monsohn" lithographic printing, Jerusalem [1938]. Design: Franz Kraus. Hebrew.
Appearing on the poster is Anny Kraus, the designer's wife. "Shemen" was established in 1906; the factory manufactured oil and soap and was one of the first Zionist factories in Palestine.
68X46 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Restored tears. Mounted on thin acid-free paper.
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.