Madam C. J. Walker's Cold Cream
date: label: Date made
content: 1920-1921
name: label: manufacturer
content: Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
label: referenced
content: Madam C. J. Walker
label: maker
content: Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Milk glass ointment jar with an aluminum screw-on cap and paper labels. The paper labels are staturated with oil, presumably from product use or seepage, obscuring the printing. The front label reads: Madam C. J. Walker’s / COLD CREAM / PREPARED BY / Madam C. J. Walker Mfg. Co. / INDIANAPOLIS U.S.A.. The back label is illegible. There is a blue, 1919 series U.S. Proprietary Revenue Stamp affixed to the bottom of the jar. The cancellation date on the stamp appears to be January 21, 1921, which usually indicates the date of sale to the end user. The value of the stamp, two cents, indicates that the product sold for 25 - 50 cents.
label: Description
content: Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) was a successful beauty industry entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1910, she established a manufacturing company in Indianapolis, Indiana, to produce her growing line of hair and skin care products for African Americans. By 1920, when this cold cream was manufactured, the Walker line included: Wonderful Hair Grower, Temple Grower, Witch Hazel Jelly, Tetter-Salve, Glossine, Vegetable Shampoo, Cold Cream, Vanishing Cream, Cleansing Cream, and Walker’s Supreme Face Powder.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82861T11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jar
label: Object Name
content: cosmetic
label: Object Name
content: face cream
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 5.3975 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm