Object Details
maker
Prom Cosmetics
Gillette Company
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
For Bleached, Dyed, Tinted Hair. Hair with some natural curl or easy-to-wave hair.
Prom Cosmetics, a division of the Gillette Company, sold this Prom Brand Home Permanent kit during the 1950s. The Prom kit came in three types, very gentle, regular, and super, and was promoted for being “self neutralizing” which simplified the home perming process. The Prom kit was heavily advertised on TV and radio and became one of the most popular home permanent brands of the 1950s.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt
date made
ca 1950s
ID Number
1985.0460.129.01
accession number
1985.0460
catalog number
1985.0460.129.01
Object Name
hair care product
cosmetic
permanent wave, refill
Object Type
Cosmetics
Measurements
overall, box: 4 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 12.065 cm x 4.445 cm
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Related Publication
Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_209945