Danderine
date: label: date made
content: after 1918
name: label: maker
content: Knowlton Danderine Co.
label: maker
content: Sterling Products Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Danderine Scalp Tonic was first marketed around 1895 by the Knowlton Danderine Company of Chicago, Ill. The trademark was registered in 1908, after the company became part of the Neuralgyline Company (soon to become Sterling Products) of Wheeling, W.Va. In the early 1900s, the company used celebrity endorsements including those of Miss Jessie Bartlett Davis, a famous opera singer, and many members of the House of Representatives.
label: Description
content: Advertisements usually featured women with floor-length, wavy hair, often accompanied by personal testimony. Elias W. Knowlton’s young daughter, Frances Marie, also appeared in advertising and on the box. During this period, the Danderine slogan was "Grows Hair and We can Prove it!" Danderine was still being sold as late as 1945 and was later followed by Double Danderine, which claimed to kill the dandruff germ on contact. Double Danderine was sold from about 1940 through 1963. The Danderine trademark was last owned by Medtech Laboratories of Cody, Wyo.
label: Description
content: In the 1920s, Danderine was marketed as a "Beauty-Tonic," "To Beautify your Hair" and make it "twice as heavy and plentiful." This box dates to that period.
label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: Intended to Assist in Cleansing Dandruff from the Scalp, thus Aid in Stopping Falling Hair and Assisitng the Growth of Hair.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Wheeling
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 Gary P. and Sandra Baden
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0798.235
label: accession number
content: 1979.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0798.235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair tonic
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wax (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 6 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 6 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm