Advertisement for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap, 1898. Creator: Unknown. # 3086130

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Advertisement for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap, 1898. A 'Chinese' monkey references European imperialism: Weihai (now Huancui District) was ruled by the British from 1 July 1898 to 1930 under a lease agreement with the Chinese empire. 'Good for China! "Wei-Hai-Wei!!!" - WON'T WASH CLOTHES - BROOKE'S MONKEY BRAND SOAP - FOR KITCHEN TABLES AND FLOORS, LINOLEUM AND OILCLOTHS. For Polishing Metals, Marble, Paint, Cutlery, Crockery, Machinery, Baths, Stair-Rods. FOR STEEL, IRON, BRASS AND COPPER VESSELS, FIRE-IRONS, MANTELS, &c. REMOVES RUST, DIRT, STAINS, TARNISH, &c'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.

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