Ayer's Hair Invigorator
notes: label: Description
content: Ayer’s Hair Invigorator was produced by the Ayer Company of Lowell, Mass. It contains capsicum, the same compound found in hot peppers. This was intended to stimulate the scalp. The exact date of this product is not known, but it appears to be a modification of an early Ayer product, Hair Vigor. It probably dates to around 1920, after the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, which required labels to list a product’s alcohol content.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
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 Health
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Hair Care Products
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.349
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.349
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair tonic
label: Object Name
content: cosmetic
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glycerin; quinin; capsicum; sulphur; sodium chlorid; sage; water; perfume (product ingredients)
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content: glass (container material)
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content: paper (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm