Figure 5.
A newspaper advertisement presents a working housewife with visible hands, promoting Maniol hand cream for maintaining beauty despite heavy domestic labour.The advertisement appears on a newspaper page with Swedish text headed Hon ar husmodern med de vackra handerna. A cropped photograph shows a woman’s face partially visible with one hand raised near her cheek, emphasising the appearance of her hands. The text explains that she works hard all week with her hands through dishwashing, cleaning, and household labour, yet her hands remain graceful, white, soft, and supple. It states that the reason is regular use of Gahns Maniol hand cream after washing. A highlighted box instructs readers to also use the special cream for fine hands. The product name Maniol appears at the bottom with branding indicating hand protection.

She is the housewife with beautiful hands…

Source:Svenska Dagbladet, 29 January 1935

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