DeWans Depilatory - Especially for facial use
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950 - 1954
notes: label: Description
content: Square-sided, colorless glass jar with black metal screw-on lid. Dark blue printing on jar depicts a female silhouette with arms raised above head. Printed on jar: "DeWans Depilatory / Especially for facial use / Contains Strontium Sulfide / Net contents 3 ounces / Read Directions Carefully." Jar is mostly full of a white powder.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
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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 Removal
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles L. Richter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0244.02
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0244.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: depilatory
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: strontium sulfide (overall active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm