"Sheer" Hair Remover Packaging, 1928-1935
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In the 1910s and 1920s, as new women's fashions revealed more of the legs and underarms, body hair removal rose in popularity. Commercial depilatory creams were advertised for the first time in 1915. Some of these creams contained harmful chemicals; Sheer Pharmacal Corporation manufactured Sheer depilatory cream, which included Mercurochrome, a now-banned antiseptic made with mercury.
In the 1910s and 1920s, as new women's fashions revealed more of the legs and underarms, body hair removal rose in popularity. Commercial depilatory creams were advertised for the first time in 1915. Some of these creams contained harmful chemicals; Sheer Pharmacal Corporation manufactured Sheer depilatory cream, which included Mercurochrome, a now-banned antiseptic made with mercury.
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
1928-1935
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Missouri, Saint Louis
Creator Notes
Packaging made by Leonard & Wilson for Sheer Pharmacal Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Your Place in Time
Object ID
93.0.25.55.1.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Color
White (Color)
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Pink (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 6.75 in
Length: 1.75 in
Inscriptions
on front and back: Sheer hair Remover / Delicately fragrant / No Irritation on side: Sheer / Answering A Long Felt Want [...] on side: Sheer / Now THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL [...]
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