Prom Home Very Gentle Permanent Refill

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:

For Bleached, Dyed, Tinted Hair. Hair with some natural curl or easy-to-wave hair.

Prom Cosmetics, a division of the Gillette Company, sold this Prom Brand Home Permanent kit during the 1950s. The Prom kit came in three types, very gentle, regular, and super, and was promoted for being “self neutralizing” which simplified the home perming process. The Prom kit was heavily advertised on TV and radio and became one of the most popular home permanent brands of the 1950s.

Date Made: ca 1950s

Maker: Prom CosmeticsGillette Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, American Enterprise, Beauty and Health, Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement

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Related Publication: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

Credit Line: Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0460.129.01Accession Number: 1985.0460Catalog Number: 1985.0460.129.01

Object Name: hair care productcosmeticpermanent wave, refillObject Type: Cosmetics

Measurements: overall, box: 4 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 12.065 cm x 4.445 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-ac5d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_209945

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