Mennen's Borated Talcum, Toilet Powder For Infants and Adults
date: label: date made
content: 1890s
name: label: maker
content: Mennen Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical metal container with label that reads “MENNEN’S / BORATED TALCUM / TOILETMennen's Borated Talcum, Toilet Powder For Infants and Adults POWDER / FOR INFANTS AND ADULTS / THE ONLY HEALTHFUL AND SANITARY / POWDER FOR THE NURSERY AND TOILET / BY GERHARD MENNEN CHEMICAL CO. / NEWARK, N.J.”
label: Description
content: Gerhard Heinrich Mennen (1856-1902) was born in Germany, came to New York at a young age, graduated from the New York School of Pharmacy, opened a drug store in 1878, perfected a formulation for a new baby powder, and advertised heavily. The firm advertised this product as something new in 1892.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics
label: associated subject
content: Infant Care
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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: Babies
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sara Jean Binder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0384.02
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0384.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: powder, baby
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: talcum; boracic acid (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/32 in x 2 3/32 in x 2 3/32 in; 12.954 cm x 5.334 cm x 5.334 cm