Object Details
- Description
- Ayer’s Hair Invigorator was produced by the Ayer Company of Lowell, Mass. It contains capsicum, the same compound found in hot peppers. This was intended to stimulate the scalp. The exact date of this product is not known, but it appears to be a modification of an early Ayer product, Hair Vigor. It probably dates to around 1920, after the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, which required labels to list a product’s alcohol content.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
- ID Number
- 1984.0782.349
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.349
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- Object Name
- hair tonic
- cosmetic
- Object Type
- Cosmetics
- Physical Description
- glycerin; quinin; capsicum; sulphur; sodium chlorid; sage; water; perfume (product ingredients)
- glass (container material)
- paper (label material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Health
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
- Hair Care Products
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Hair Care Products
- Record ID
- nmah_209769
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-df22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
