Household cleaning technical files--cleaning products, 1931-1981.

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Household cleaning technical files--cleaning products, 1931-1981.

The records document Consumers' Research's testing, research, and projects into the performance of household cleaning products such as waxes, polishes, and scouring pads. Included are correspondence, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, advertisements, and instruction manuals. Subjects concern the hazards, performance, brands, standards and specifications, and test methods of household cleaning products. Products included are ammonia, abrasive cleaners, chimney and stove pipes, drain cleaners, dusting and polishing materials, floor cleaners, floor cleaning utensils such as brooms and mops, household cleaners, marble cleaners, metal cleaners, oven cleaners, polishing machines, rust removers, silver polish, waxes and polishes for floors and furniture, leather waxes, window and glass cleaners, and window defrosters.

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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...