Carboline Natural Hair Restorer, a Deodorized Extract Of Petroleum
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895-1906
label: trademark registration date
content: 1877-12-18
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular cardboard box, wrapped in paper with printed label featuring an engraved image of an oil well operation. Box contains a glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label. Bottle is 2/3 full of amber colored liquid.
label: Description
content: Label on front of box reads: "Natural Hair Restorer / Trade Mark. / Carboline / Registered Dec. 18TH 1877. / A deodorized extract of petroleum / A wonderful discovery -- Restores / Gray hair / to its / Natural color / The only article that / restores the hair on / bald heads. / Softens & beautifies the hair. / Eradicates dandruff. / Is the best & cheapest / Hair dressing in the world. / Price $1.00. / The Penn Chemical Drug Co. / General Agents for / United States."
label: Description
content: Label on back of box: "Carboline is prepared from the Oil as it flows from Natures Great Chemical Laboratory and contains the elements required by the Hair to feed upon, a few applications will show its restorative qualities, does not require months of continued use before you can perceive any results, it is cooling cleanly and too much praise cannot be bestowed upon it, contains not a particle of Lead, Silver, Sulphur or other deleterious drugs."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Grodanz, David's Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0138.097.1
label: accession number
content: 2002.0138
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0138.097
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0138.097.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: scalp treatment
label: Object Name
content: scalp treatment, box
label: Other Terms
content: Hair Restorer; Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: petroleum, extract (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 8 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 7 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 20.0025 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm