Tin for Madame C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower

Object Details

Manufactured by

Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906

Subject of

Madam C.J. Walker, American, 1867 - 1919

Description

The canister is metal with yellow lacquer coloring its external surface. The outside of the canister is covered with textual and illustrative designs in black ink printed on top of the yellow lacquer. The product name [WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER] is written in horizontal text across the center of the lid beneath an ink illustration of a black woman pictured from her shoulders up with her hair down. Beneath the product name are additional lines of text which read [NET CONTENTS 2 OZ/MADE BY/THE MADAM C.J. WALKER/MANUFACTURING CO./INDIANAPOLIS, IND./PRICE 50 CENTS]. Above the illustration and curved to the arc of the lid edge is the brand name of the product in black text [MADAM C. J. WALKERS/TRADE MARK REGISTERED].

Transcription Center Status

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

1910s - 1920s

Object number

2011.159.6

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

canisters

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Diameter: 2 3/4 × 13/16 in. (7 × 2.1 cm)

Place made

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Adornment

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Business

Hair

Women

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.159.6

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd571defd30-ed77-4786-a4a4-37dbb9f3fc6b