Jergens Violet Glycerine Shampoo
date: label: date made
content: ca 1913 - 1923
name: label: maker
content: Andrew Jergens Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Andrew Jergens Company began in 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Jergens Soap Company. By the turn of the 20th century, the company had expanded to include a number of beauty care and cosmetic products and would soon launch its most famous product, Jergens Lotion. Andrew Jergens Company was acquired by the international beauty company Kao in 1988.
label: Description
content: Newspaper advertisements for this particular product can be found ranging from 1918 to 1932. Violet was used to make the hair smell good, and glycerine, a naturally occurring by-product of soap making, is a humectant, attracting water to the skin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada: Ontarian, Perth
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.293320.0969
label: catalog number
content: 293320.0969
label: accession number
content: 293320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: coconut oil (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: olive oil (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: alcohol, 9% (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm