Black and White Bleaching Cream
date: label: date made
content: 1940s
name: label: maker
content: Black and White Company
label: maker
content: Plough, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Oval, white glass container with a paper label seal around the perimeter. 1 1/8 oz. Active Ingredients printed on label. "For External Use by Adults"
label: Description
content: ["Directions for Using Black and White Bleaching Cream" about 1941]
label: Description
content: "Nature is constantly replacing the outer layer of normal skin by flaking it off in tiny particles and replacing it with a new layer.
label: Description
content: Black and White Bleaching Cream acts in a similar and supplemental manner and may be used in cases where one wishes to hasten exfoliation (peeling off) of the over-pigmented outer skin -- the result of exposure to sun or wind. It acts the same way when applied to freckles ... It is especially useful as a complexion lightener ..."
label: Description
content: "Black and White Bleaching Cream is packaged in special, oval-shaped, opal jars so you may easily remove a small quantity of the cream with the fingertips, thereby regulating the amount you wish to apply.'
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Memphis
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
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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: Skin
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.156
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.156
objectType: label: Object Name
content: facial bleach
label: Object Name
content: cream, face
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: ammoniated mercury, 1 1/4% (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: bismuth subnitrate (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: zinc oxide (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.2075 cm x 5.3975 cm