Q-Ban Hair Tonic
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914-1924
name: label: maker
content: Hessig-Ellis Chemists
notes: label: Description
content: Q-Ban Hair Tonic was produced by Q-Ban Hair Laboratories, Hessig-Ellis Drug Company of Memphis, Tenn. The Q-Ban trademark was registered by the company in 1919, but they claimed to have been producing the product since 1900. By 1939 the trademark was in the hands of another company.
label: Description
content: Most advertising for this product falls between 1914 and 1924. "Sunshine and Air are free," ran one advertisement in 1917, but "with Q-Ban Hair Tonic you can restore vigor and beauty to your hair and get ‘Back To Nature.’" A 1920 advertisement claimed Q-Ban Hair tonic "checks falling hair, dandruff, bald spots, and gray."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Memphis
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 Health
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Hair Care Products
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.350
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.350
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair tonic
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 7 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 7 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 19.3675 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm