Blackhead Extractor
notes: label: Description
content: Karl Folke Eweson, dba Ballco Products Co., registered the term Vacutex in 1942. The product was on the market by 1947. One inscription on the cardboard box reads “VACUTEX / REMOVES / BLACKHEADS / out / in / SECONDS.” Another reads “Made and distributed by BALLCO PRODUCTS CO.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Skin
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William H. Helfand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0161.06
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0161.06
label: accession number
content: 1987.0161
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blackhead remover
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 4 in; 1.905 cm x 3.81 cm x 10.16 cm