Object Details
- referenced
- Madam C. J. Walker
- Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
- For beautifying and softening the hair. Directions: Glossine is to be used only after the hair has been thoroughly cleaned. Use very little, not enough to make hair greasy.
- Yellow metal tin with black print. Contents 1 oz. Label on top of tin reads: "WALKER'S / GLOSSINE / MADE BY / THE MADAM C. J. WALKER / MANUFACTURING CO. / INDIANAPOLIS, IND. / PRICE 35 CTS. / FOR BEAUTIFYING AND SOFTENING THE HAIR."
- Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919) was a successful beauty industry entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1910, she established a manufacturing company in Indianapolis, Indiana, to produce her growing line of hair and beauty products for African Americans. By 1920, the Walker line included: Wonderful Hair Grower, Temple Grower, Witch Hazel Jelly, Tetter-Salve, Glossine, Vegetable Shampoo, Cold Cream, Vanishing Cream, Cleansing Cream, and Walker’s Supreme Face Powder.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1920s
- ID Number
- 2012.0165.785
- catalog number
- 2012.0165.785
- accession number
- 2012.0165
- Object Name
- hair care product
- hair dressing
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 2 in; 1.905 cm x 5.08 cm
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- 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_1463534
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-25cd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
