Object Details
- John H. Breck, Inc.
- Description
- John H. Breck established his hair care business in Springfield, Mass., around 1910. He is credited with introducing the first pH-balanced liquid shampoo in 1930. The famous "Breck Girl" portraits, used in company advertising for forty years, were originally created by Springfield artist Charles Sheldon. Later Breck Girls included future celebrities such as Kim Basinger, Cybil Shepard, Jacquelyn Smith, and Christie Brinkley. Today (2012) the Breck product line is owned by Dollar Tree of Chesapeake, Va.
- Breck Banish dandruff shampoo was introduced in 1957 and sold through the 1960s. It was advertised for use by the whole family as a "sure way to Banish cares" This product and other Breck "Beautiful Hair" products were advertised on Shirley Temple’s Storybook show on NBC in the late 1950s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Dial Corporation
- 1957-1960s
- ID Number
- 1998.0251.02
- accession number
- 1998.0251
- catalog number
- 1998.0251.02
- Object Name
- shampoo
- hair care product
- Other Terms
- Hair Care Products; Cosmetics
- Physical Description
- compound 22t4 containing 2,2'thiobis (4-chlorophenol) 3.0% (product active ingredients)
- cardboard (packaging material)
- glass (container material)
- plastic (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- overall, box: 5 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm
- overall, bottle: 4 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Springfield
- 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_688329
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-1e75-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
