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Crazy Foam - the Toy that Cleans - Dog

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    Object Details

    maker

    Aerosol Corporation of America

    Description

    In 1965, the Aerosol Corporation of America, a division of Shulton, Inc. since 1961, launched the “Crazy Foam” line of aerosol children’s bath soaps. The soap was dispensed in shaving cream style aerosol cans with specially designed plastic caps depicting cartoon-like heads of animals and other figures. With a push of the button soap would foam out of the beak of a duck or a parrot, or from the mouth of a clown or skeleton, or many other “crazy” creatures. The mid-1960s designs were replaced in the 1970s with a line of licensed comic book characters and many other iterations followed. The museum’s collection includes 14 of the original 1960s designs as well as engineering drawings for many of the Crazy Foam heads.
    As promised on the can, “Crazy Foam is Crazy! It’s a wonderful foamy soap that bounces, molds, decorates, floats . . . and “Cleans like Crazy” while you play!”

    Credit Line

    Gift of American Cyanamid Company

    date made

    1965

    ID Number

    1993.0024.09

    catalog number

    1993.0024.09

    accession number

    1993.0024

    Object Name

    personal hygiene product
    soap, novelty

    Other Terms

    Soap, Aerosol Can of; Personal Hygiene; Novelity; Liquid, Aerosol

    Physical Description

    soap (product material)
    orange (overall color)
    pink (overall color)
    black (overall color)
    brown (overall color)
    white (overall color)

    Measurements

    overall: 9 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 23.8125 cm x 6.6675 cm x 8.89 cm

    place made

    United States: Massachusetts, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    Beauty and Hygiene Products: Bathing
    Beauty and Health

    Exhibition

    SC Johnson Center

    Exhibition Location

    National Museum of American History

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Soap

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-a101-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1122588

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