Object Details
maker
McKesson and Robbins
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
A high grade, finely sifted toilet powder prepared from pure ingredients, adapted for use on delicate skin.
This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Sidney U. Glaser
date made
1940s-1950s
ID Number
1988.3089.100
catalog number
1988.3089.100
nonaccession number
1988.3089
Object Name
powder, baby
personal hygiene product
Measurements
overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm
place made
United States: New York, New York City
United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
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Beauty and Hygiene Products: Babies
Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1377645