Cosmetics Trade Samples and Sachet collection, 1890s-1930s

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Summary

Abstract:
Consists of 75 trade samples and sachets of cosmetics, powders, makeup, soaps and scented paraphernalia. Companies are primarily based in the United States, but Canadian and French perfumers are also represented, including Andrew Jergens, California Perfume (later Avon), Colgate, Frederick Ingram, Furst-McNess, Johnson & Johnson, Larkin, Lehn & Fink and Richard Hudnut. Poems and testimonials on packaging from Ethel Barrymore, Kate Greenaway, Mrs. Leslie Carter and Modjeska. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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1.0 Linear Foot
Language:
Materials in English
Research Center:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Collection ID:
RL.11349

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Consists of 75 trade samples and sachets of cosmetics, powders, makeup, soaps and scented paraphernalia. Companies are primarily based in the United States, but Canadian and French perfumers are also represented, including Andrew Jergens, California Perfume (later Avon), Colgate, Frederick Ingram, Furst-McNess, Johnson & Johnson, Larkin, Lehn & Fink and Richard Hudnut. Poems and testimonials on packaging from Ethel Barrymore, Kate Greenaway, Mrs. Leslie Carter and Modjeska. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Acquisition information:
The Cosmetics Trade Samples and Sachet collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2014.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Dec. 2016

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2014-0175

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by company name.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Cosmetics
Advertising -- Cosmetics
Perfume industry
Names:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Andrew Jergens Company (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Johnson & Johnson
Lehn & Fink

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[Identification of item], Cosmetics Trade Samples and Sachet collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.