Object Details
- Gentry Brothers Remedy Company
- Description
- The Gentry Brothers Famous Show was a large American circus that began as a dog show in 1887 and ran until 1916. They were based out of Bloomington, Ind. In 1912 they started the Gentry Brothers Remedy Company which aimed to conduct "a manufacturing business and sell remedies and medicines for man and beast..." The business was dissolved in the late 1950s.
- The exact manufacture date for this bottle is unknown, but the amber bottle, cork, and label style point towards the early years of the date span, 1912-1950s. Mange affects both humans and animals and their close proximity in a circus environment may have prompted the development of this shampoo.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
- 1912-1958
- ID Number
- 1984.0782.365
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.365
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- Object Name
- shampoo
- hair care product
- Object Type
- Cosmetics
- Physical Description
- glass (container material)
- paper (container material)
- cork (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Bloomington
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls
- 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_209791
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-dcef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
