Walker's Glossine - for Beautifying and Softening the Hair
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920s
name: label: referenced
content: Madam C. J. Walker
label: maker
content: Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
label: Description
content: For beautifying and softening the hair. Directions: Glossine is to be used only after the hair has been thoroughly cleaned. Use very little, not enough to make hair greasy.
label: Description
content: Yellow metal tin with black print. Contents 1 oz. Label on top of tin reads: "WALKER'S / GLOSSINE / MADE BY / THE MADAM C. J. WALKER / MANUFACTURING CO. / INDIANAPOLIS, IND. / PRICE 35 CTS. / FOR BEAUTIFYING AND SOFTENING THE HAIR."
label: Description
content: Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919) was a successful beauty industry entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1910, she established a manufacturing company in Indianapolis, Indiana, to produce her growing line of hair and beauty products for African Americans. By 1920, the Walker line included: Wonderful Hair Grower, Temple Grower, Witch Hazel Jelly, Tetter-Salve, Glossine, Vegetable Shampoo, Cold Cream, Vanishing Cream, Cleansing Cream, and Walker’s Supreme Face Powder.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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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: Hair Care and Enhancement
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0165.785
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.785
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: hair dressing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 in; 1.905 cm x 5.08 cm