Albolene Baby Powder
date: label: date made
content: 1940s-1950s
name: label: maker
content: McKesson and Robbins
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: A high grade, finely sifted toilet powder prepared from pure ingredients, adapted for use on delicate skin.
label: Description
content: This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
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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 Sidney U. Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3089.100
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3089.100
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: powder, baby
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm