Object Details
- Paris Toilet Company
- Description
- In 1913, the Mitchum Warren family established the Paris Toilet Company in Paris, Tenn., to market a bleaching cream for freckles. The company name was changed in 1927 to the Golden Peacock Company and later became the Mitchum Company. It was said that one of the founding family’s sons, Mitchum Warren, grew tired of being asked if his family made toilets.
- The company’s best known product line, Mitchum antiperspirants, was launched in 1959. It is still on the market today (2012), although the brand has been owned by the Revlon company since 1970. This bottle of Golden Peacock Shampoo dates to the company’s first era: 1913 to 1927.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1913-1927
- ID Number
- 1978.0883.084
- accession number
- 1978.0883
- catalog number
- 1978.0883.084
- Object Name
- shampoo
- hair care product
- Other Terms
- Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- Physical Description
- glass (container material)
- metal (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Paris
- 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_716460
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-491b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
