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Image ID: SIL-SIL28-299-04_edit
Cite this: April 30, 1890. Stanley Number: Special issue of The Graphic, London.
Supplied Caption: A controversial example of the prevalence of images of Africa at the time in this 1890 advertisement for Pears' soap.
Original Caption: The Birth of Civilization - A Message from the Sea
Tag(s): Travel and Voyages, Art of African Exploration
Topic(s): African History
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