Dollard's Herbaniium Extract
date: label: date made
content: after 1906
name: label: maker
content: Dollard and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Dollard’s Herbanium Extract was produced by Dollard and Company of Philadelphia, Pa. The product label claims that the company had been in business since 1838. Early advertisements for the Herbanium Extract date back to at least the mid-1840s. R. Dollard appears to have been a Philadelphia wigmaker.
label: Description
content: This bottle probably dates around 1920. The alcohol content is listed to comply with the 1906 Food and Drugs Act. Claims that the product is a valuable remedy for headache, which were present on early packaging, have been omitted from the label.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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 Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Hair Care Products
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.254865.26
label: accession number
content: 254865
label: catalog number
content: 254865.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: otc preparation; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed paper (container material; production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 6 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 8.5725 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 6 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 15.875 cm x 8.5725 cm x 4.1275 cm