Barbicide Decal
name: label: maker
content: King Research Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Barbicide is a disinfectant solution that barbers and cosmetologists use for disinfecting such grooming tools as combs and hair-cutting shears. It was invented in 1947 by Maurice King (d. 1988), manufactured by King Research, and marketed heavily around the United States.
label: Description
content: Ref: Douglas Martin, “The Smithsonian Celebrates Barbicide, a Barbershop Germ Killer Born in Brooklyn,” New York Times (June 22, 1997), pp. 19 and 24.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3086.03
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3086.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: decal, display
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 6 9/16 in x 1/16 in; 9.525 cm x 16.66875 cm x .15875 cm