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Object Name |
Powder, Talcum |
Artist |
Avon |
Date |
1960s |
Description |
Avon Pretty Peach Talcum Powder, original packaging Original box - pink box with a blonde-hair girl in the center of an oval polka-dot frame around her. She has the peach talcum powder mitt on her hand, peach trees in the bottom corners of the box with birds flying with a branch with two peaches on it in their beaks, white flower placed randomly around the oval frame. "Pretty Peach" on a blue banner is at the top of the oval frame with Avon printed just above the banner. Bottom front of the box has "NET WT. 2.5 OZ. PRETTY PEACH TALC" typed. Sides of the box are decorated with butterlies, peaches, and flowers. Back of box reads - Slip hand into mitt and pat over dry skin. Avon Products, Inc. Distr., New York, N.Y., Printed in U.S.A. Top Tab is printed with "AVON PRETTY PEACH POWDER MITT" Powder Mitt- shaped like a peach with a bow, opening to place hand inside like a mitt, filled with scented powder. Mitt is stored inside plastic bag taped closed. |
Dimensions |
H-5.25 W-0.75 L-5.25 inches |
People |
Stainbrook, Joni |
Subjects |
Talcum Powder Avon |
Classification |
Powder, Talcum |
Search Terms |
Talcom Powder Avon |
Collection |
Rock Springs Historical Museum |
Catalog Number |
2020.034.0008 |
Credit line |
Joni Stainbrook |
Provenance |
Given to Joni Stainbrook as a gift when she was a child. |