Admiracion Foamy Shampoo
date: label: date made
content: ca 1947-1954
name: label: maker
content: Admiracion Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Admiracion Laboratories, a division of Pharmaco, of Kenilworth, N.J., made this "soapless" shampoo as early as 1933 and well into the 1950s. Advertised as using no chemicals or drying alkalis, Admiracion Shampoo was made from oils and claimed to make "problem" hair lovely again. Admiracion products included a Foamy Oil Shampoo and a Shampoo Oil Treatment. This bottle probably dates between 1947 and 1954. It was endorsed by Good Housekeeping magazine and sports their "Seal of Approval."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Kenilworth
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: 1982.0031.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0031
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0031.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (lid material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 5 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.8575 cm