A Look Back At The History of Soap Making
A look back at the soap-making days of its life - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Mass. - News: "The Garment District building located at Broadway and Davis Street is ''significant as the last structure in Cambridge associated with soap manufacturing,' according to Cambridge Historical Commission executive director Charles Sullivan.
Soap-making was once one of the city's largest industries, and several soap firms operated in the neighborhood. Salesmen with Curtis Davis and Co. would peddle their soap from wagons up and down Broadway in the late 19th century. The main US plant of Lever Brothers was located in Cambridge until the mid-1950s."
This is a fascinating article, take the link and a few minutes to read it.
Carmel
Soap-making was once one of the city's largest industries, and several soap firms operated in the neighborhood. Salesmen with Curtis Davis and Co. would peddle their soap from wagons up and down Broadway in the late 19th century. The main US plant of Lever Brothers was located in Cambridge until the mid-1950s."
This is a fascinating article, take the link and a few minutes to read it.
Carmel
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