Object Details
- Description
- In 1913, the Mitchum Warren family established the Paris Toilet Company in Paris, Tenn., to market a bleaching cream for freckles. The company name was changed in 1927 to the Golden Peacock Company and later became the Mitchum Company. It was said that one of the founding family’s sons, Mitchum Warren, grew tired of being asked if his family made toilets.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 2 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.6675 cm
- Object Name
- cream, face
- facial bleach
- Other Terms
- Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
