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A plastic red, tan and yellow pencil shaped lip pomade. The Lip pomade is accessible by removing the pencil top and twisting the bottom. A shade label reads, "Lip Pomade Cherry / 260 / Avon Products Inc., N.Y., N.Y. 10019."

A plastic red and green strawberry shaped lip gloss. To access the lip gloss, the strawberry opens on a hinge through the middle.

A plastic silver light and dark green chewing gum shaped lip gloss. To access the lip gloss, slide out the side panel.

A plastic bronze U.S. Penny shaped lip gloss. The top and bottom are stamped to resemble the currency. To access the lip gloss the top of the penny twists off. A shade label on the bottom reads, "Lip Gloss / Coral/Rose / Apply with fingertip / Avon…

David H. McConnell was a traveling book salesman who gave free cosmetic samples with his book sales. When it became clear that customers were more interested in the beauty products, he recruited women to sell the beauty products door-to-door. Avon…

A light blue and pink plastic lipstick tube with a petal design on its top. The shade label on the bottom of the tube reads, "Harriet Hubbard Ayer / Distr. New York, N.Y. / Made in U.S.A. / U.S. Pat. No. 2.318.152."

Harriet Hubbard Ayer established one of the first female-owned manufacturing companies before her death in 1903. After two changes in ownership, Harriet Hubbard Ayer's name was used to create a successful line of cosmetics. The brand expanded…

A red cardboard box with a stylized image of Josephine Baker on the front and a stylized gentleman with dark hair on the back. The cream block text on the front reads, "Bakerfix / Brilliante / celebre fixateur de Josephine Baker / nouvelle formule…

Josephine Baker, a famous singer, dancer and actress, developed a hair styling product, Bakerfix, in the 1930s. The product was marketed as a way to recreate Josephine Baker's iconic hair style. Advertising for Bakerfix is found during the 1930s, but…

A plastic wrapping stapled to a pink argyle and cardboard strip holding a rectangular red, white and blue cardboard container. The front of the container is printed with a lipstick tube below black and white text reading, "A girl's best friend...her…