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Title
Puddle
Family
Radio
Show
Photograph
Subject
Daily Life
Arts and Entertainment
Business and Labor
Radio programs
Soap operas
Procter & Gamble Company
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Cincinnati-based
Procter
&
Gamble
Company
sponsored
many
popular
radio
serial
programs
; the
Puddle
Family
Radio
show
was the
first
. The
show
began
in
Cincinnati
in
1932
on
WLW
. In
1933
it
moved
to
Chicago
and
became
"
Ma
Perkins.
" This
8
by
10.5-inch
(20.32
by
26.67
cm)
photograph
featured
the
program
cast
. The
woman
pictured
at the
microphone
played
Ma
Perkins
from
1932
until
1956
,
when
the
show
went
off
the
air
. The
term
"
soap
opera
" was
applied
to the
numerous
daytime
dramas
in
part
due
to the
numerous
soap
companies
that
sponsored
them.
William
Procter
(1801-1884)
and
James
Gamble
(1803-1891)
started
the
Procter
&
Gamble
Company
in
1837
.
Procter
was a
native
of
England
who
worked
as a
candle
maker
.
Gamble
, a
soap
maker
,
originally
came
from
Ireland
. The
two
men
were
brothers-in-law
,
having
married
sisters
Olivia
and
Elizabeth
Norris
. Their
father-in-law
,
Alexander
Norris
,
persuaded
them to
go
into
business
together
selling
soap
and
candles
.
During
the
Civil
War
,
Procter
&
Gamble
was
awarded
several
contracts
to
supply
the
Union
Army
with
soap
and
candles
. The
candle
business
was
discontinued
in the
1920s
. In
1879
,
P
&
G
began
making
their
signature
product
,
Ivory
soap
. By
1890
Procter
&
Gamble
was a
multi-million
dollar
corporation
.
Creator
Procter & Gamble Company
Date of Original
1932
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Procter & Gamble Company Corporate Archives
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1944_1810764_001.tif
Image Height
2181
Image Width
2805
File Size
1746.732 KB
Format
picture
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