Cuprex - The Personal Insecticide - Exterminates Head Lice and Nits
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
label: trademark registration date (Cuprex)
content: 1924
name: label: maker
content: Merck & Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Exterminates lice and nits: for head lice and nits, for crab lice and nits, for body lice and nits
label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
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 Jersey, Rahway
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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
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: 1988.3089.272
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3089.272
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: insecticide, personal
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.795 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm