crate label: 12 in x 17 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 45.085 cm
Object Name:
crate label
Place Made:
United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
Subject:
Food
Agriculture
Crate Labels
Credit Line:
L.E. Leininger
ID Number:
1979.0441.302
Catalog number:
1979.0441.302
Accession number:
1979.0441
Description (Brief):
This shipping crate side contained Ivory soap flakes manufactured by the Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, Ohio during the early 20th century. Soap flakes combined with water could be used for a variety of cleaning tasks
overall: 14.7 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.8 cm; 5 13/16 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in
Object Name:
shampoo
Object Type:
Cosmetics
Place made:
United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
Date made:
ca 1957
Subject:
Hair Care Products
Health & Medicine
Hair Care Products
Credit Line:
The Fournet Drugstore Collection
ID Number:
1985.0475.207
Catalog number:
1985.0475.207
Accession number:
1985.0475
Description:
Prell Shampoo was introduced by Procter & Gamble, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1947. This particular tube of Concentrated Prell Radiant Shampoo dates to around 1957 and was likely designed by Donald Deskey, a pioneer of modern industrial design. Deskey created packaging for many Procter & Gamble products, including the well-known Crest tube of toothpaste, Jif peanut butter, and Tide detergent.
Earlier in his career, Deskey designed the interior of Radio City Music Hall and worked on the 1939 New York World’s Fair. In the year before his death, Deskey gave some of his papers to the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City.
Prell’s viscous green liquid and unbreakable bottle, featured in memorable advertising, made it fodder for many references in entertainment including television shows like Drawn Together,Seinfeld and The Simpsons. In the 1996 movie The Rock, Prell was used to represent the deadly VX gas. Prell was one of the highest selling shampoos in 1977 and is still sold today (2012) by Ultimark Products.
104 Ivory Soap Dispensers serve the washrooms of the new Potomac Electric Power Company Building. [Print advertising.] Buildings and Building Management, 1931
