Packer's Tar Soap
date: label: date made
content: 1910
name: label: advertiser
content: H. H. Ala Bakhsh & Company
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Flat rectangular card with black print. On one side is an image of a young girl washing a young boy's hair, which is covered in shampoo. A calendar for 1910 is on the reverse. A product description reads: "Pure as the pines. Made from Pine-Tar, Glycerine and Sweet Vegetable Oils. Emollient--Healing--Antiseptic."
label: Description
content: One side of this celluloid card has a calendar for 1910 and an advertisement for “Packer’s Tar Soap.” The other has an image of a young girl washing a young boy’s hair with Packer’s Tar Soap.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: referenced
content: India: State of West Bengal, Calcutta
topic: label: Subject
content: Soap
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0596
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0596
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calendar
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Novelty
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.8 cm x 9.5 cm; 2 5/16 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; .15875 cm x 5.715 cm x 9.525 cm