Tin for Madam C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower
date: label: Date
content: 1910s - 1920s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906
label: Subject of
content: Madam C.J. Walker, American, 1867 - 1919
notes: label: Description
content: The canister is metal with yellow lacquer coloring its external surface. The outside of the canister is covered with textual and illustrative designs in black ink printed on top of the yellow lacquer. The product name [WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER] is written in horizontal text across the center of the lid beneath an ink illustration of a black woman pictured from her shoulders up with her hair down. Beneath the product name are additional lines of text which read [NET CONTENTS 2 OZ/MADE BY/THE MADAM C.J. WALKER/MANUFACTURING CO./INDIANAPOLIS, IND./PRICE 50 CENTS]. Above the illustration and curved to the arc of the lid edge is the brand name of the product in black text [MADAM C. J. WALKERS/TRADE MARK REGISTERED].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Hair
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.159.6
objectType: label: Type
content: canisters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 2 3/4 × 13/16 in. (7 × 2.1 cm)