Avon Bottle in the Shape of a Pickup Camper
notes: label: Description
content: Avon Products celebrated the recreational pickup camper with this dual container for Deep Woods after shave lotion (truck) and Deep Woods talc (camper). Pickup trucks were larger and more powerful by the 1950s, and the manufactured pickup camper became a new, practical alternative for vacationers, hunters, anglers, and others who wanted to spend the night in a recreation vehicle. A truck-mounted camper offered many advantages over a motor home or trailer: it was less expensive, lighter, faster, and easier to maneuver. The added weight over the rear drive wheel provided better traction in mud and gravel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul B. McCracken III
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0065.01
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0065.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 6.35 cm x 9.525 cm