Hair care ephemera. Box 9.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. The box begins with mostly 18th and 19th century advertising material and include things for hairdressers: John Delaporte (wigs) of The Strand, Jones & Co. (John Street, London, 1775), hair cushions from Edward Evans (Fleet Street, 1777), C. Sharp (Fleet Street, 1778), Mather's ware-rooms (Edward Street, London, 1819), Harding of Dean Street, London, Bar of Cheapside, London, British Hairdressers' Society (1836), William Cornish of Stonehouse, Mr. Drolet (Warwick Street, London, 1770), Thomas Elliott of Fenchurch Street, London, Elms and Lauder of Manchester Square, London, Furniss of Buxton, J. Gibson of Lamb's Conduit Passage, London, Green of Cheapside, London, B. Griffiths of Ludlow, Hawkins of Stourbridge, John Kennett of Deal, Mr. Low (Southampton Street, London, 1769), McCaskie of Dumfries, Matthewman of Wakefield, H. Moss of Fleet Street, London, J. Norman of Newington Butts, Nosworthy of Norwich, Richard Page of Banbury, Mr. Paintie (Lower Brooke Street, London, 1778), H. Perry of the Burlington Arcade, London, H. Ward (New Bond Street, London, 1813), J. Westerman of Scarborough. Most hairdressers also advertised themselves as perfumers. Hair preparations include: Abigail's Golden Metallic Tincture (1822), Aqua Mellis (1719), Atkinson's Original Curling Fluid (1813), Bear's Grease (Thomas Cross, Holborn, 1770), Brown Powder for the hair (B. Courtenay, Strand, London, 1701), Colwell's Pomade or hair restorative (1841), Compound for the hair (Ward, Chancery Lane, 1773), Davison's superfine orris hair powder and Italian soap, Golding's perfumery of Cornhill, London, Hardham's snuff, Imperial Powder for the ladies (1777), Prince's Russia Oil (1813), Ruspini's tooth powder, Hemmet's essence of pearl and dentifrice, Kendall & Son's Macassar oil, Milton's hair lubricant, Mr. Gibson's Curious Compound (1766), Nervine Balsam, Rowland's Macassar Oil (1822, 1842), Professor Browne's Toilet gem and Sangwine perfumer's products (38, Strand, London), Trent's Depilatory (1813), a selection of 1920s/1930s bottle labels (brilliantine, hair lotion, hair rinse, dandruff lotion, scalp conditioner, setting lotion : Buerger Bros. Supply Co., Denver), Huile vaseline, Lotion Irlandaise (Jules Houssin, Angers), Crown Hair Tonic (Dr. J. B. Lynas, Logansport, Ind.) .