Package of Maxi Light Beauty Soap

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A bar of soap (2014.284.1a), box (2014.284.1b), and advertising insert (2014.284.1c) of the brand “Maxi Light." A round, off-white bar of Maxi Light Beauty Soap. The soap is in is in sealed plastic wrapping and is molded on top with the brand's flower-shaped logo, a stylized flower with three (3) petals and two (2) leaves, followed by the text [MAXI LIGHT] in the center of a molded circle. The bar of soap is inherently flat on the bottom. A thin, square cardboard box (2014.284.1b) for skin lightening soap. The box features an image of a woman on the left side of the box against a brown to white gradient background. She is pictured seated, with her back to the viewer with her proper left arm bent above and behind her with her hand resting at the base of her neck. Her proper right hand is resting on her proper right knee.

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