Arabian Style Egg Shampoo Cream
date: label: date made
content: ca 1913-1919
notes: label: Description
content: This unusual bottle of Arabian Style Egg Shampoo Cream came to the Museum from the Georgetown Pharmacy of Washington, D.C., after the pharmacy closed in 1988. Promoted in advertisements as a "beautifier and grower," this product appears to have been available from about 1895 to 1920. In 1913 it was advertised for 18 cents at a Washington Rexall drugstore. Protein and other nutrients found in eggs are thought to enhance hair’s health.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: web subject
content: Hair Care Products
label: collection
content: Georgetown Pharmacy
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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
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content: Hair Care Products
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Matthew E. Donahue, M.D., in memory of Francis Donahue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0136.092
label: accession number
content: 2002.0136
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0136.092
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Other Terms
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 7.3025 cm