Object Details
Manufactured by
Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906
Subject of
Madam C.J. Walker, American, 1867 - 1919
Description
The canister is metal with yellow lacquer coloring its external surface. The outside of the canister is covered with textual and illustrative designs in black ink printed on top of the yellow lacquer. The product name [WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER] is written in horizontal text across the center of the lid beneath an ink illustration of a black woman pictured from her shoulders up with her hair down. Beneath the product name are additional lines of text which read [NET CONTENTS 2 OZ/MADE BY/THE MADAM C.J. WALKER/MANUFACTURING CO./INDIANAPOLIS, IND./PRICE 50 CENTS]. Above the illustration and curved to the arc of the lid edge is the brand name of the product in black text [MADAM C. J. WALKERS/TRADE MARK REGISTERED].
Transcription Center Status
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
Date
1910s - 1920s
Object number
2011.159.6
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
canisters
Medium
metal
Dimensions
Diameter: 2 3/4 × 13/16 in. (7 × 2.1 cm)
Place made
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Accessories and Personal Effects
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Business
Hair
Women
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.159.6