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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Cosmetics

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Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Topic
advertising -- Cosmetics
Cosmetics
Cosmetics industry
Provenance
Cosmetics is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Cosmetics
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Summary
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Cosmetics forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Extent
2.98 Cubic feet (consisting of 6 boxes, 3 folders, 9 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
Date
1813-1940
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Cosmetics
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Arrangement
Arranged into three subseries Subseries 1: Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers, circa 1830-1960 Subseries 2: Publications, circa 1850-1940 Subseries 3: Related Materials, circa 1890-1934
Processing Information
In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections. A large portion of stored material from the original acquisition received minimal level processing, which resulted in additions to this Subject category. This effort included basic arrangement and replacement of non-archival housing for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have not all been removed. Revisions to the encoded finding aid were made to reflect the added content in context to the previously processed material. Minimal level processing and enhancement of the machine-readable finding aid completed by Nicole Blechynden, September 2017.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a great variety of materials, including business correspondence, bills and receipts, advertisements, order forms, business and advertising cards, labels, bookmarks, calendars, formulas, handbooks, pamphlets, price lists, leaflets, display cards, postcards, circulars, packaging, toilet albums, and labels. Many of the products are perfumes or colognes; others include shaving creams, hair preparations, manicure supplies, soaps, creams and lotions, powders, makeup, and bath products. Foot preparations, dental care products, deodorants, medications, starch, oils and spices, and brushes are also present. Most of these products are for the use of female consumers. Trade materials are directed toward scalp specialists, hairdressers, dermatologists, beauty culturist and manicurists. There are a number of materials from female-owned establishments. Other materials include publications, such as catalogues produced by manufacturers for consumers, and publications for the trade. Cosmetic appliances, formulas, labels, trademarks and patents, and import/export documents are also present. Most of this material dates from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Images of women and of flowers predominate in this collection. Most of the women are Anglo American with a few others such as Turkish, Asian, Scots, Brazilian, Swiss, Egyptian and African American.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. Missing Title Series 1: Business Ephemera Series 2: Other Collection Divisions Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562721619504-1562721619509-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82935e08b-fe06-440e-809c-6fb8b33d6174

In the Collection

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  • Corning, W.O. and Brown, New York, New York

  • The Secret of Beauty, or Hints for the Toilet

  • List of beauty aids

  • Wright, S.B. Mfg. Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Language of the Eye by Joseph Turnley

  • DeWinter, Alois, New York, New York

  • Premier Perfumery Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Oriental Manicure Specialty Company, New York, New York

  • Purcell, Ladd and Company, Richmond, Virginia

  • Fabreguettes, Eugene, New York

  • Images

  • Boyer, The Society Parfumer, Paris and Chicago

  • Piver, L. T., London and New York

  • Advertising

  • Magazine articles

  • Salias & Meyer Perfumery Company; New York, New York

  • Taylor, Walter A., Atlanta, Georgia

  • Hoyt, E.W., Lowell, Massachusetts

  • Hoyt's Cream Cologne

  • Imperial Crown Perfumery Company, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Wood, Albert F.

  • Ricksecker, Theodore, New York, New York

  • Bertram and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Metivier Freres, Paris, France

  • Tull, J. Graham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Merritt, W.E. Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Tappan, Herman, New York, New York

  • Landon, Dr. Seth E., Albany, New York

  • Murray, Spink and Company, Providence, Rhode Island

  • Cutcliffe, J.S., Syracuse, New York

  • Marie Fontaine's Moth and Freckle Cure

  • Peck's Perfumes, San Francisco, California

  • Rowland and Son, London, England

  • Whitcomb, Mrs.

  • Stearns, Frederick and Company, Detroit, Michigan

  • Osteyee Brothers, New York

  • Ruppert, Madame A., New York

  • Prichard and Constance, London and Paris

  • Pollard and Watson, Haverhill, Massachusetts

  • Sweet, Caldwell and Brother, Bangor, Maine

  • Velvet Skin Soap and Powder

  • Hubert, Prof. I., Toledo, Ohio

  • Noonan, T. and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Gillette, E.W., Chicago, Illinois

  • Sachets and Dry Perfumes by Shelly Karpilow

  • Chen Yu, Chicago, Il

  • Foote and Jenks

  • Frances Fox Institute, New York

  • Nace and Moyer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Allen, Edwin S., Thompsonville, Connecticut

  • Thurber, H.K. and F.B. Company, New York

  • Kidder, W.G., Bath, Maine

  • Dyer, B.W., New York, New York

  • Kingsbery, W.F. and J.S., Randolph, Massachusetts

  • Stephany

  • Klein, Paul C., Boston, Massachusetts

  • Turner, Miss Carrie, Gloversville, New York

  • American Distributing Company, New York and Philadelphia

  • Bailey, T.B. and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Harrison, Louis R., New York, New York

  • Anglo-American Electric Association, Brooklyn, New York

  • Daggett and Ramsdell's Perfect Cold Cream

  • Plunkett, Alfred, New York, New York

  • Adelaide's Toilet Cream

  • Lundborg Company

  • Rieger's California Perfumes

  • Pageant of Beauty by Elizabeth Arden

  • Weiner Chemists, Inc., New York

  • Nielson's Secret for the Complexion

  • Stock certificates

  • Labels, talcum powder

  • Hilbert's Deluxe Perfumes

  • Lundborg's Perfumery

  • Victor Ointment Mfg. Company, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Gregoire, Francois and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Larkin Soap Company, Buffalo, New York

  • Notebook of perfume formulas (handwritten)

  • Brock, L.M. and Company, Lynn, Massachusetts

  • Underhill's Frostena

  • Hobbs, Madame A.L., Kalamazoo, Michigan

  • Delettrez, Paris

  • Coty, New York, New York

  • Crown Perfumery Company, London

  • Wells, S.C., Leroy, New York

  • Seminal Report on Essential Oils, Synthetic Perfumes, Etc. by Schimmel and Company (Fritzche Brothers)

  • Thompson Chemical Works, Albany, New York

  • Chalmer's Brothers, London

  • Piess and Lubin, London

  • Miller Beauty Company, New York, New York

  • Peerless Sachet Powders

  • Faces:…A Study in Face Values by Eddie Senz

  • Bittner, G.C. and Company, Toledo, Ohio

  • Magnolia Balm print advertisement

  • Pinault Chemical Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Babbitt Incorporated, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Laughton, J.B., New York

  • Miscellaneous Cosmetics

  • Nace, Issac F., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Aurum Medicine Company, Chicago, Illinois

  • Stoddart Brothers, Buffalo, New York

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