Object Details
- 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
- 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
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Health
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Babies
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1377645
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-cd4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
