Jergens Liquid Cream Shampoo
date: label: date made
content: 1949-1954
name: label: maker
content: Andrew Jergens Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Andrew Jergens Company began in 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Jergens Soap Company. By the turn of the 20th century, the company had expanded to include a number of beauty care and cosmetic products, and would soon launch its most famous product, Jergens Lotion. Andrew Jergens Company was acquired by the international beauty company Kao in 1988.
label: Description
content: This "New, Different, Shampoo" was sold between 1949 and 1957 and was often offered free with the purchase of Jergens Lotion. The shampoo was advertised as “soapless” and it claimed to contain lanolin and “pour like a lotion.”
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: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: web subject
content: Hair Care Products
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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 Care and Enhancement
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Hair Care Products
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0481.317
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0481.317
label: accession number
content: 1985.0481
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 6 3/8 in x 2 in x 1 7/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 6 1/4 in x 2 in x 2 in; 15.875 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm