Golden Peacock Bleach Creme
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923 - 1937
name: label: maker
content: Paris Toilet Company
notes: label: Description
content: In 1913, the Mitchum Warren family established the Paris Toilet Company in Paris, Tenn., to market a bleaching cream for freckles. The company name was changed in 1927 to the Golden Peacock Company and later became the Mitchum Company. It was said that one of the founding family’s sons, Mitchum Warren, grew tired of being asked if his family made toilets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Paris
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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: Make-up
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
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: 1979.0798.293
label: accession number
content: 1979.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0798.293
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cosmetic
label: Object Name
content: facial bleach
label: Object Name
content: cream, face
label: Other Terms
content: Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm