Prell Radiant Shampoo
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957
name: label: maker
content: Procter & Gamble Company
notes: label: Description
content: Prell Shampoo was introduced by Procter & Gamble, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1947. This particular tube of Concentrated Prell Radiant Shampoo dates to around 1957 and was likely designed by Donald Deskey, a pioneer of modern industrial design. Deskey created packaging for many Procter & Gamble products, including the well-known Crest tube of toothpaste, Jif peanut butter, and Tide detergent.
label: Description
content: Earlier in his career, Deskey designed the interior of Radio City Music Hall and worked on the 1939 New York World’s Fair. In the year before his death, Deskey gave some of his papers to the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City.
label: Description
content: Prell’s viscous green liquid and unbreakable bottle, featured in memorable advertising, made it fodder for many references in entertainment including television shows like <i>Drawn Together,</i> <i>Seinfeld</i> and <i>The Simpsons.</i> In the 1996 movie <i>The Rock,</i> Prell was used to represent the deadly VX gas. Prell was one of the highest selling shampoos in 1977 and is still sold today (2012) by Ultimark Products.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.207
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.207
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care produc
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.7 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.8 cm; 5 13/16 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 1 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 14.605 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, tube: 5 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 13.97 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.2225 cm