Johnson's Afro Sheen Blowout Kit for the Natural
date: label: date made
content: late 1960s
name: label: maker
content: Johnson Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: With a $250 dollar loan, George and Joan Johnson founded Johnson Products Co. Inc. in 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. The company produced hair-care products for African American men and women. Produced in the late 1960s, Afro-Sheen was one of Johnson's best-known products during a time when the natural "afro" became a popular hairstyle for African Americans. In 1971 Johnson became the first black company to sponsor a nationally syndicated television program "Soul Train" and the first African American owned company to trade on the American Stock Exchange.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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: American Enterprise
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.243
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.243
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Name
content: hair relaxer
label: Object Name
content: hair dressing
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 4 in x 4 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 11.7475 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, other components, as stored outside of box: 4 in x 5 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm x 16.51 cm