Lan-O-Kleen - The "Double Action" Hand Cleaner
date: label: date made
content: 1943-1963
name: label: maker
content: West Disinfecting Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: Lan-O-Kleen is an effective hand cleaner which, if used as directed, will help remove from the hands oil, grease and stubborn dirt and will not tend to irritate the 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, Queens, Long Island City
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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: Bathing
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content: Beauty and Health
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: 1988.3089.299
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3089.299
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: cleanser, hand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 3 in x 2 in; 13.0175 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm