The Andrew Jergens Company began in 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Jergens Soap Company. By the turn of the 20th century, the company had expanded to include a number of beauty care and cosmetic products, and would soon launch its most famous product, Jergens Lotion. Andrew Jergens Company was acquired by the international beauty company Kao in 1988.
This "New, Different, Shampoo" was sold between 1949 and 1957 and was often offered free with the purchase of Jergens Lotion. The shampoo was advertised as “soapless” and it claimed to contain lanolin and “pour like a lotion.”
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