Mary Kay Vintage Compact
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: maker
content: unknown
label: manufacturer
content: Mary Kay Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: After retiring from a sales job in 1963, Mary Kay Ash came up with her plan for a dream business that allowed women to succeed personally and financially. Using her $5,000 life savings, she founded cosmetics company Mary Kay in September 1963. The company employs more than three million women today.
label: Description
content: This cosmetic palette is housed in a pink plastic box with a hinged lid that snaps closed. Inside the case, the top row consists of five round eye shadows in silver, green, gold, and darker shades of silver and gold. Below these is a mirror running the length of the case and an indentation with two plastic-handled brushes. “MARY KAY, INC.” is stamped on the pink handle of each brush. The bottom row in the case includes five round containers of lipstick in yellow, orange, gold, red, and a brighter orange.
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Kay Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0024.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0024.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lip and eye palette
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
label: Object Type
content: <Make-Up>
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: powder (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: hair (inside material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 4 9/16 in x 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 11.58875 cm x 1.905 cm