Breck Beautiful Hair Banish Dandruff Treatment Shampoo
date: label: date made
content: 1957-1960s
name: label: maker
content: John H. Breck, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: John H. Breck established his hair care business in Springfield, Mass., around 1910. He is credited with introducing the first pH-balanced liquid shampoo in 1930. The famous "Breck Girl" portraits, used in company advertising for forty years, were originally created by Springfield artist Charles Sheldon. Later Breck Girls included future celebrities such as Kim Basinger, Cybil Shepard, Jacquelyn Smith, and Christie Brinkley. Today (2012) the Breck product line is owned by Dollar Tree of Chesapeake, Va.
label: Description
content: Breck Banish dandruff shampoo was introduced in 1957 and sold through the 1960s. It was advertised for use by the whole family as a "sure way to Banish cares" This product and other Breck "Beautiful Hair" products were advertised on Shirley Temple’s <i>Storybook</i> show on NBC in the late 1950s.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Springfield
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 The Dial Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0251.02
label: accession number
content: 1998.0251
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0251.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shampoo
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Other Terms
content: Hair Care Products; Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: compound 22t4 containing 2,2'thiobis (4-chlorophenol) 3.0% (product active ingredients)
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content: cardboard (packaging material)
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content: glass (container material)
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content: plastic (container material)
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content: paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 5 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 4 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm