Object Details
- Hirsch Pharmacal Company, Inc.
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- An antiseptic for hair.
- 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
- ca 1929
- ID Number
- 1988.3089.181
- catalog number
- 1988.3089.181
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3089
- Object Name
- hair care product
- hair and scalp treatment
- Measurements
- overall: 7 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Health
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1377166
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-c005-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
