Clairol Summer Blonde Hair Lightener
date: label: date made
content: 1965-1968
name: label: maker
content: Clairol
notes: label: Description
content: Clairol introduced Summer Blonde Hair Lightener in the mid-1960s with the promise: "be a summer blonde all year round." The box contains Blondessence Developing Lotion in an applicator bottle, a bottle of Summer Blonde lightener, gloves and instructions. Product advertising claimed the lightener would leave blonde hair looking like it was “dipped in sunshine,” brunette hair “glowing warm and golden,” or red hair “lit up with a sunny brightness."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Stamford
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.220
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.220
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: hair bleaching kit
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 4 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 9.8425 cm x 4.7625 cm