History of real Old Dutch Cleanser Covered Hoppers? - Model Railroader Magazine

 Billboard reefers, advertising various products, were popular only for a short time in the first or second decade of the 1900's, and I believe sometime in the early 30's were gone as the regulatory climate of the time said they were unfair advertising or some such nonesense dealing with anti-trust legislation. You would not see such cars in a 50's era setting. But there wer eplenty of cars like that, advertising for products that were not actually carried in those cars - hence Old Dutch Cleanser. I believe the Old Dutch Cleanser ads were on cars of the Patrick Cudahy meat packing company, and not others like Swift.

                                       --Randy