Hovey's Cocoa Glycerine for preserving & dressing the hair – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Hovey's Cocoa Glycerine for preserving & dressing the hair, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hovey's Cocoa Glycerine for preserving & dressing the hair
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Hovey's Cocoa Glycerine, promoted here for preserving and dressing the hair, is the specific product this c1860 lithograph advertises, and it was printed by J.H. Bufford and copyrighted in the name of S.D. Hovey. Lithographs like this were a common way for nineteenth-century makers of toiletries and patent remedies to put a brand before buyers, using bold printing to catch the eye in shops and public places. The record says little about the Hovey business itself, so the print is most useful as evidence of how hair care was packaged and sold in the years around the Civil War.
| Created / published | c1860. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860. |
| Notes | Printed by J.H. Bufford. Copyrighted by S.D. Hovey. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford Ref. copy may be in SSF - HAIR STYLES AND HAIRDRESSING. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,174 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176131 |
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