Records. Alkire, John D.-Allen's Hair Color Restorer (inclusive), 1907-1940.

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Records. Alkire, John D.-Allen's Hair Color Restorer (inclusive), 1907-1940.

Correspondence, clippings, articles, promotional materials, and legal documents concerning John D. Alkire and the Alkire Cancer Institute, 1913-14; Alleotone (a "cure" for pneumonia, typhoid, diphtheria, etc.), 1907-1913; the Allen Remedy Company (purveyors of a goiter "cure"), 1911-1940; and Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Color Restorer, 1914-1935.

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