Object Details
Description
In 1913, the Mitchum Warren family established the Paris Toilet Company in Paris, Tenn., to market a bleaching cream for freckles. The company name was changed in 1927 to the Golden Peacock Company and later became the Mitchum Company. It was said that one of the founding family’s sons, Mitchum Warren, grew tired of being asked if his family made toilets.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
ID Number
1979.0798.199
accession number
1979.0798
catalog number
1979.0798.199
Object Name
cream, face
facial bleach
Other Terms
Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
Measurements
overall: 2 in x 2 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.6675 cm
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
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Beauty and Health
Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_716397