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- Kissproof Powder Box, 1935-1950 -
- 1935-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Kissproof Powder Box, 1935-1950
- La Meda "Famous French Rouge" Box, 1905-1930 -
- 1905-1930
- Collections - Artifact
La Meda "Famous French Rouge" Box, 1905-1930
- Prof. I. Hubert's Malvina Cream, 1880-1920 -
- 1880-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Prof. I. Hubert's Malvina Cream, 1880-1920
- Heather "Daytime" Rouge, circa 1955 -
- circa 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Heather "Daytime" Rouge, circa 1955
- Alaska Face Powder, circa 1870 -
- circa 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Alaska Face Powder, circa 1870
- Product Label for Sweet Georgia Brown Nail Polish Remover, 1926-1946 - Valmor Product Company, founded in the mid-1920s, sold beauty products to Black Americans. The company's product packaging was designed by Charles Dawson, a successful Black commercial artist whose illustrations of attractive modern Black Americans contributed to a burgeoning culture of positive Black identity. But the company's legacy is complicated--many of its products pushed a white assimilatory ideal, promising effects like skin lightening.
- 1926-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Product Label for Sweet Georgia Brown Nail Polish Remover, 1926-1946
Valmor Product Company, founded in the mid-1920s, sold beauty products to Black Americans. The company's product packaging was designed by Charles Dawson, a successful Black commercial artist whose illustrations of attractive modern Black Americans contributed to a burgeoning culture of positive Black identity. But the company's legacy is complicated--many of its products pushed a white assimilatory ideal, promising effects like skin lightening.
- Cheramy Powder Box, 1935-1950 -
- 1935-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Cheramy Powder Box, 1935-1950
- Make-Up Cake, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Make-Up Cake, circa 1935
- "Sheer" Hair Remover, 1928-1935 - In the 1910s and 1920s, as new women's fashions revealed more of the legs and underarms, body hair removal rose in popularity. Commercial depilatory creams were advertised for the first time in 1915. Some of these creams contained harmful chemicals; Sheer Pharmacal Corporation manufactured Sheer depilatory cream, which included Mercurochrome, a now-banned antiseptic made with mercury.
- 1928-1935
- Collections - Artifact
"Sheer" Hair Remover, 1928-1935
In the 1910s and 1920s, as new women's fashions revealed more of the legs and underarms, body hair removal rose in popularity. Commercial depilatory creams were advertised for the first time in 1915. Some of these creams contained harmful chemicals; Sheer Pharmacal Corporation manufactured Sheer depilatory cream, which included Mercurochrome, a now-banned antiseptic made with mercury.
- Coty Face Powder Box, 1935-1950 -
- 1935-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Coty Face Powder Box, 1935-1950