Object Details
- Black and White Company
- Plough, Inc.
- Description
- Oval, white glass container with a paper label seal around the perimeter. 1 1/8 oz. Active Ingredients printed on label. "For External Use by Adults"
- ["Directions for Using Black and White Bleaching Cream" about 1941]
- "Nature is constantly replacing the outer layer of normal skin by flaking it off in tiny particles and replacing it with a new layer.
- Black and White Bleaching Cream acts in a similar and supplemental manner and may be used in cases where one wishes to hasten exfoliation (peeling off) of the over-pigmented outer skin -- the result of exposure to sun or wind. It acts the same way when applied to freckles ... It is especially useful as a complexion lightener ..."
- "Black and White Bleaching Cream is packaged in special, oval-shaped, opal jars so you may easily remove a small quantity of the cream with the fingertips, thereby regulating the amount you wish to apply.'
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
- 1940s
- ID Number
- 1985.0475.156
- accession number
- 1985.0475
- catalog number
- 1985.0475.156
- Object Name
- facial bleach
- cream, face
- Object Type
- Cosmetics
- Physical Description
- glass (container material)
- ammoniated mercury, 1 1/4% (product active ingredients)
- bismuth subnitrate (product active ingredients)
- zinc oxide (product active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.2075 cm x 5.3975 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- United States: Tennessee, Memphis
- associated place
- United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Health
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_210356
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e2e2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
