{"id":10764,"date":"2012-04-27T00:03:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T00:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=10764"},"modified":"2012-04-27T00:05:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T00:05:56","slug":"mrs-stewarts-liquid-bluing-thrift-shop-in-grants-pass-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2012\/04\/27\/mrs-stewarts-liquid-bluing-thrift-shop-in-grants-pass-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Stewart’s Liquid Bluing – Thrift Shop in Grant’s Pass, OR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing<\/strong>\u00a0(MSB<\/strong>) is a\u00a0brand\u00a0of\u00a0fabric bluing\u00a0agent which whitens fabrics with a\u00a0dye\u00a0called\u00a0Prussian blue\u00a0(ferric hexacyanoferrate). – <\/em>Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing<\/span>\u00a0was born in the early 1880s. “MSB” owes its existence to a peddler and his mother-in-law, a marginally successful Five and Ten Cent store, and a fireworks explosion. From the beginning, Mrs. Stewart’s journey has been an interesting one!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In the late 1870s, Al Stewart, a traveling salesman for a Chicago wholesale grocer, was a familiar figure in Iowa and southern Minnesota. In his market basket full of samples, he always carried a bottle of\u00a0<\/span>Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing<\/span>, which he made in his home with his family assisting him according to a formula he had acquired. <\/span><\/em>– Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing Website<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From Norfolk: A People's History - \u00a9 Ruth A. Rose - Google Books<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wanderin' Weeta's Flickr Photostream<\/p><\/div>\n