Box of Reckitts Bag Blue
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Reckitts Bag Blue - Out of the Blue Comes the Whitest Wash. Laundry blue or blue bags were used to whiten clothes before commercially produced washing detergents were available. The bag was placed in the final rinse to whiten clothes and linen. Blue bags had many other uses including as a soothing agent for bee stings.
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Title
Box of Reckitts Bag Blue
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Maker
Reckitt & Colman (N.Z.) Ltd, Auckland
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Date made
Post-1967
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Subject
Baking soda, Puhi Nui Water Tank, Synthetic ultramarine, rodent
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Additional information
Cardboard, cotton gauze, synthetic ultramarine and baking soda., Box: 30x155x30mm Blue Bag: 55x28x28mm (unboxed with top extended)
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75 Bells Road, Pakuranga, Auckland.
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