The Elizabeth Arden Spun-Cream Permanent Wave
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Elizabeth Arden Inc.
notes: 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 York, New York City
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0481.274
label: accession number
content: 1985.0481
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0481.274
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: permanent wave kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 24.4475 cm x 5.715 cm