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Bottle, Toilet

Object number2008.31.2

Manufacturer Edlis Company

Dateafter 1888

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumGlass

Credit LineGift of Robert Cohen

DescriptionColorless glass apothecary bottle with squared body and conical neck and circular mouth. Cork inside neck. Maker text embossed on one side of bottle, horizontally. Rest of bottle is covered with paper label, with printed black maker text and product information.Dimensions4.875 x 1.5 x 1.5 in. (12.4 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)
Marks"LIE / ARD / IL (?)" printed in black on one side of cork.

Embossed on one side, horizontally: "EDLIS / Cooline / ...CREAM / ...A."

Rest of bottle is covered with paper label, printed in black, "EDLIS' / FACE CREAM / & SKIN PURIFIER ["P" cut off] / ...OOLINE" ; In separate circle in label: "FOR / ..UNBURN / FRECKLES / BLAC...HEADS / BLO...CHES / E..." ; "MANUFACTURED / BY / ...L-EDLIS, PITTSBURGH, PA / USA" ; "DIRECT... / Apply with the / hand to the face, / rubbing in tho- / roughly, after / which dry by / fanning. / The fines [sic] ever / used for chapped / hands face and / lips. It is not / greasy or sticky." Horizontally on label, "PRODUCES THE MOST COOL- / ING EFFECT AFTER SHAVING. / IT LEAVES THE SKIN SOFT AND / SMOOTH. / IT IS A GREAT RELIEF FOR / SUNBURN, AND REMOVES / FRECKLES, BL...HEADS, / BLOTCHES, ET..."

Embossed on base: "3.H."
Historical NotesApothecary bottle manufactured by the Edlis Company. Adolf Edlis founded the Pittsburgh Barber and Beauty Supply Business, later known as the Edlis Company, in 1888. The company manufactured perfumes, shampoos, hair dyes, and beauty and barber shop furnishings and distributed various brands of beauty and barber products. The company is still in existence today at 2006 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Related person Adolf Edlis (1860 - 1934)

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