Dollard's Herbanium Extract or Vegetable Hair Wash
date: label: date made
content: 1906-1918
name: label: maker
content: Dollard and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Dollard’s Herbanium Extract was produced by Dollard and Company of Philadelphia, Pa. The product label claims that the company had been in business since 1838. Early advertisements for the Herbanium Extract date back to at least the mid-1840s. R. Dollard appears to have been a Philadelphia wigmaker.
label: Description
content: This bottle dates to just after 1906, and the box bears the statement, "guaranteed under the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act." The label also claims that the product is a valuable remedy for headache.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.293320.0953
label: catalog number
content: 293320.0953
label: accession number
content: 293320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 6 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 17.145 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 6 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 in; 15.24 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.08 cm