Product Label for Madam Jones Lemon Fragrance Lotion, 1944
THF702372 / Product Label for Madam Jones Lemon Fragrance Lotion, 1944
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Artifact Overview
Valmor Products Company, founded in the mid-1920s, sold beauty products to Black Americans. The company's product packaging was designed by Charles Dawson, a successful Black commercial artist whose illustrations of attractive modern Black Americans contributed to a burgeoning culture of positive Black identity. But the company's legacy is complicated--many of its products pushed a white assimilatory ideal, promising effects like skin lightening.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Label (Identifying artifact)
Date Made
1944
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2022.56.78
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.25 in.
Width: 2.25 in.
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