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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1122588