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Title
Boiling
soap
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Proctor and Gamble Company
Manufacturing industries
Soap
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
This
is
a
photo
of
boiling
soap
from
one
of the
Procter
and
Gamble
buildings
. This
is
just
one
step
in the
process
of
making
soap
. The
Procter
and
Gamble
Company
Plant
,
located
on
Spring
Grove
Avenue
between
Mill
Creek
and
Township
Avenue
, in the
Cincinnati
suburb
of
St
.
Bernard
,
originally
covered
11
acres
in a
section
called
Ivorydale
.
It
was and
still
is
,
one
of the
largest
soap
manufacturing
plants
in the
world
. The
original
plant
dates
from
about
1885
,
when
P&G
expanded
operations
from their
downtown
location
. The
giant
complex
would
eventually
cover
243
acres
with
120
buildings
,
including
the
43
acre
food
plant
built
in
1911
.
During
the
1930s
, the
buildings
was
described
as
being
a
maze
of
utilitarian
gray
stone
buildings
,
interspersed
with
hugged
outdoor
retorts
and
tanks
,
smokestacks
and
railroad
tracks
. The
campus
includes
its
own
fire
station
,
dining
rooms
and
recreational
facilities
.
William
Procter
, a
candlemaker
, and
James
Gamble
, a
soapmaker
,
formed
the
company
known
as
Procter
&
Gamble
in
1837
. The
two
men
,
immigrants
from
England
and
Ireland
respectively
, had
settled
earlier
in
Cincinnati
and had
married
sisters
. The
two
men
decided
to
pool
their
resources
to
form
their
own
company
,
formalizing
the
relationship
on
October
31
,
1837
. The
company
prospered
during
the
nineteenth
century
. In
1859
,
sales
reached
one
million
dollars
. By this
point
,
approximately
eighty
employees
worked
for
Procter
&
Gamble
.
During
the
Civil
War
, the
company
won
contracts
to
supply
the
Union
army
with
soap
and
candles
. In
addition
to the
increased
profits
experienced
during
the
war
, the
military
contracts
introduced
soldiers
from
all
over
the
country
to
Procter
&
Gambles
products
.
Once
the
war
was
over
and the
men
returned
home
, they
continued
to
purchase
the
company's
products
. In the
1880s
,
Procter
&
Gamble
began
to
market
a
new
product
, an
inexpensive
,
yet
high
quality
,
soap
. The
company
called
the
soap
"
Ivory.
" In the
decades
that
followed
,
Procter
&
Gamble
continued
to
grow
and
evolve
. The
company
became
known
for its
progressive
work
environment
in the
late
nineteenth
century
.
William
Cooper
Procter
,
William
Procter's
grandson
,
established
a
profit-sharing
program
for the
company's
workforce
in
1887
. He
hoped
that by
giving
the
workers
a
stake
in the
company
, they would be
less
inclined
to
go
on
strike
.
Over
time
, the
company
began
to
focus
most
of its
attention
on
soap
,
producing
more
than
thirty
different
types
by the
1890s
. As
electricity
became
more
and
more
common
, there was
less
need
for the
candles
that
Procter
&
Gamble
had
made
since
its
inception
.
Ultimately
, the
company
chose
to
stop
manufacturing
candles
in
1920
. In the
early
twentieth
century
,
Procter
&
Gamble
continued
to
grow
. The
company
began
to
build
factories
in
other
locations
in the
United
States
,
because
the
demand
for
products
had
outgrown
the
capacity
of the
Cincinnati
facilities
. The
company's
leaders
began
to
diversify
its
products
as
well
and, in
1911
,
began
producing
Crisco
, a
shortening
made
of
vegetable
oils
rather
than
animal
fats
. In the
early
1900s
,
Procter
&
Gamble
also
became
known
for its
research
laboratories
,
where
scientists
worked
to
create
new
products
.
Company
leadership
also
pioneered
in the
area
of
market
research
,
investigating
consumer
needs
and
product
appeal
. As
radio
became
more
popular
in the
1920s
and
1930s
, the
company
sponsored
a
number
of
radio
programs
. As a
result
, these
shows
often
became
commonly
known
as "
soap
operas.
"
Throughout
the
twentieth
century
,
Procter
&
Gamble
continued
to
prosper
. The
company
moved
into
other
countries
,
both
in
terms
of
manufacturing
and
product
sales
,
becoming
an
international
corporation
. In
addition
,
numerous
new
products
and
brand
names
were
introduced
over
time
, and
Procter
&
Gamble
began
branching
out
into
new
areas
. The
company
introduced
"
Tide
"
laundry
detergent
in
1946
and "
Prell
"
shampoo
in
1950
. In
1955
,
Procter
&
Gamble
began
selling
the
first
toothpaste
to
contain
fluoride
,
known
as "
Crest
".
Branching
out
once
again
in
1957
, the
company
purchased
Charmin
Paper
Mills
and
began
manufacturing
toilet
paper
and
other
paper
products
.
Once
again
focusing
on
laundry
,
Procter
&
Gamble
began
making
"
Downy
"
fabric
softener
in
1960
and "
Bounce
"
fabric
softener
sheets
.
One
of the
most
revolutionary
products
to
come
out
on the
market
was the
company's
"
Pampers
",
first
test-marketed
in
1961
.
Prior
to this
point
, there were
no
disposable
diapers
.
Babies
always
wore
cloth
diapers
,
which
were
leaky
and
labor
intensive
to
wash
.
Pampers
simplified
the
diapering
process
.
Over
the
second
half
of the
twentieth
century
,
Procter
&
Gamble
acquired
a
number
of
other
companies
that
diversified
its
product
line
and
increased
profits
significantly
. These
acquisitions
included
Folgers
Coffee
,
Norwich
Eaton
Pharmaceuticals
,
Richardson-Vicks
,
Noxell
,
Shultons
Old
Spice
,
Max
Factor
, and the
Iams
Company
,
among
others
. In
1996
,
Procter
&
Gamble
made
headlines
when
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
approved
a
new
product
developed
by the
company
,
Olestra
.
Olestra
, also
known
by its
brand
name
Olean
,
is
a
substitute
for
fat
in
cooking
potato
chips
and
other
snacks
.
Procter
&
Gamble
has
expanded
dramatically
throughout
its
history
, but its
headquarters
still
remain
in
Cincinnati
.
Creator
Federal
Writer's
Project
Date of Original
1930-1940
circa
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