Richard Hudnut Lipstick Case
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1950
name: label: maker
content: Richard Hudnut
notes: label: Description
content: This silver metal case contained Richard Hudnut’s “permanent lipstick,” likely made around the 1920s. Metal lipstick cases began to replace paper wrapping in 1915, and William G. Kendall patented the sliding mechanism that extended the lipstick in 1917.
label: Description
content: Richard Hudnut was one of the first American cosmetic manufacturers, selling his perfumes and cosmetics from his father’s New York pharmacy at a time when perfumeries from Paris were in vogue. In 1889 he organized R. Hudnuts Pharmacy, Inc., to continue selling his perfumes. His products became exceptionally popular, selling in department stores as well as pharmacies.
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0295.003
label: accession number
content: 1990.0295
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0295.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lipstick case