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Title
M
.
Werk
Company
factory
Subject
Industries--Ohio--Cincinnati
Soap
Soap factories
Procter & Gamble Company
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Saint Bernard (Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
M
.
Werk
Co.
,
Oscar
Phelps
-
mailing
merch
.
Norwood
,
Ohio.
" This
photograph
shows
a
man
packing
boxes
of
Werk's
Tag
soap
into
boxes
,
which
are then
placed
onto a
gravity
roller
conveyor
belt
.
M.Werk
Company
was
founded
as
Werk
Soap
and
Candle
Company
in
1832
by
Michel
(Michael)
Werk
,
(1807
-
)
of
Alsace
,
France
and for a
time
was the
oldest
soap
and
candle
business
in the
city
of
Cincinnati
. In
1833
, a
candle
factory
on
Vine
Street
was
purchased
from
Mr
.
Hinkle
.
Werk
married
Pauline
La
Feuille
in
1843
. Their
eldest
son
Casimir
went
on to
become
president
of the
company
for
40
years
. A
fire
destroyed
the
factory
in
1874
, but was
rebuilt
in the
same
location
in
1875
.
Michael
Schwartz
was
president
of the
company
from
1894
to
1904
, and his
son
Albert
Schwartz
succeeded
him. By
1912
Werk
soap
sold
more
in
Cincinnati
that any
other
brand
,
becoming
a
household
name
. The
company
decided
to
move
into a
larger
,
fireproof
factory
with
more
modern
facilities
on
about
20
acres
of
land
on
Murrary
Road
in
St
.
Bernard
.
Werk
made
many
different
kinds
of
soap
and
candles
,
beginning
with
German
Soap
,
which
was
eventually
renamed
to
avoid
confusion
with
other
brands
. The
most
well-known
is
Tag
soap
, on
which
tags
were
placed
that
could
be
redeemed
towards
various
household
items
. They also
made
Meerschaum
soap
,
“Clean
Work”
soap
powder
,
Falcon
soap
and
white
castile
soap
, as
well
as
manufacturing
stearic
acid
,
Star
and
X-Ray
candles
and
chemically
pure
glycerine
for
manufacturing
use
.
M
.
Werk
Co
. was
eventually
purchased
by
Proctor
&
Gamble
(P&G
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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File Size
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-05-25
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