7 Sutherland Sisters' Hair and Scalp Cleaner
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: maker
content: 7 Sutherland Sisters
notes: label: Description
content: This powdered shampoo was produced by the Seven Sutherland Sisters Corporation beginning in the late 1800s and into the 1930s. The sisters toured with Barnum and Bailey beginning in 1884 and were famous for their long hair, which stretched a supposed 37 feet in total. They were models, singers, and entertainers, and were among the first celebrity endorsers. They remain famous in Niagara County, N.Y., where they were born.
label: Description
content: Henry Bailey married one of the sisters and trademarked the name "7 Sutherland Sisters" in 1886, claiming to have been using it since 1884. This particular box is dated to around 1918. The hair products were still being advertised in the 1930s, but had begun their decline in popularity.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Hair Care Products
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Hair Care Products
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William H. Helfand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0317.03
label: accession number
content: 1980.0317
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0317.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 4 in x 1 in; 8.5725 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm