Cosmetics general files, 1915-1980.

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Cosmetics general files, 1915-1980.

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The records document Consumers' Research's testing, research, and projects relating to cosmetics. Included are correspondence with subscribers, consultants, and manufacturers, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, trade journal articles, cosmetic packages and boxes, lipstick canisters, product literature, test results, operating manuals, advertisements, and purchase orders. Topics include cosmetics, allergy problems, baby powder, bath salts and preparations, bleaches, cleansing tissues, cold and cleansing creams, depilatory creams including Koremlu and Croxon, face powders, facial massage products, facial packs and masks, hand lotions, hair brushes, hair and scalp care (shampoos), hair tonics, cosmetic hazards, leg cosmetics, lipstick, moisturizers, nail polish, nail polish remover, "Negro" cosmetics, perfumes, rouge, Russian cosmetics and soaps (1935), shaving lotions, and talcum powder.

5.5 cubic ft.

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Consumers' Research, Inc.

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For details of the history of Consumers' Research, Inc. and an overview of its records, see the introduction to this finding aid . From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc., General Files, Series 28-45 (only)., 1903-1982, (Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University Libraries) From the guide to the Records of Consumers' Research, Inc.: Administrative Files: Series 1-15, 1917-1983, (Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Ar...