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Kendall's Amboline for the Hair – Vintage Print

Kendall's Amboline for the Hair, c1863. — antique engraving
Kendall's Amboline for the Hair, c1863.. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Kendall's Amboline for the Hair comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Kendall's Amboline for the Hair

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Kendall's Amboline for the Hair was a proprietary hair preparation, and this engraving advertised it. The record dates the print to about 1863 and credits Kendall & Co. with the copyright. In the 1860s, American makers of patent medicines and toiletries relied heavily on engraved advertisements, labels, and trade cards to build recognition for their products, and federal rules on what those products could claim were largely absent. Images like this one, which catalogers filed under hair styles and hair advertisements, show how closely the trade tied a promised appearance to a bottle on the shelf.

Created / publishedc1863.
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePatent medicines 1860-1870.Labels 1860-1870.Engravings 1860-1870.
SubjectsLOT subject: Hairdressing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Kendall & Co. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Hair styles; Advertisements -- Hair.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan662 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127650

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