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- Hallmark "Dad" Christmas Ornament, 1997 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 1997
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Dad" Christmas Ornament, 1997
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Tube of Burma-Shave, 1930-1945 - The Burma-Vita Company was one of the first companies to produce a brushless shaving cream. They began selling the grooming products -- packaged in jars and tubes -- in 1925, but it was their innovative advertising method that most people recall today. Roadside poems and humorous sayings -- Were this company's fame -- Gave drivers and auto tourists -- A way to remember their name -- Burma Shave.
- 1930-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Tube of Burma-Shave, 1930-1945
The Burma-Vita Company was one of the first companies to produce a brushless shaving cream. They began selling the grooming products -- packaged in jars and tubes -- in 1925, but it was their innovative advertising method that most people recall today. Roadside poems and humorous sayings -- Were this company's fame -- Gave drivers and auto tourists -- A way to remember their name -- Burma Shave.
- Jar for Burma-Shave, 1930-1945 - The Burma-Vita Company was one of the first companies to produce a brushless shaving cream. They began selling the grooming products -- packaged in jars and tubes -- in 1925, but it was their innovative advertising method that most people recall today. Roadside poems and humorous sayings -- Were this company's fame -- Gave drivers and auto tourists -- A way to remember their name -- Burma Shave.
- 1930-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Jar for Burma-Shave, 1930-1945
The Burma-Vita Company was one of the first companies to produce a brushless shaving cream. They began selling the grooming products -- packaged in jars and tubes -- in 1925, but it was their innovative advertising method that most people recall today. Roadside poems and humorous sayings -- Were this company's fame -- Gave drivers and auto tourists -- A way to remember their name -- Burma Shave.
- Product Label for Lucky Man Use-No-Brush Shaving Cream, 1927 - 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.
- 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Product Label for Lucky Man Use-No-Brush Shaving Cream, 1927
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.