Ayer's Hair Vigor

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Identifier: 12.1.23.11

Advertisement for Ayer's Hair Vigor depicting four mermaids with long flowing locks: one with a crate with the words "Ayer's Hair Vigor", one with a bottle, one with a mirror, and one holding a lock of hair. Three more mermaids are swimming toward a shipwreck. The heading is: "Ayer's Hair Vigor for the Toilet Restores Gray Hair to its Natural Vitality and Color". At the bottom is: Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, U.S.A. The reverse of the card states that Ayer's Hair Vigor has "choice ingredients requisite to produce a preparation which restores gray hair to its original color, prevents baldness, preserves the hair and promotes its growth, cures dandruff and all diseases of the hair and scalp".more...

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Advertisement for Ayer's Hair Vigor depicting four mermaids with long flowing locks: one with a crate with the words "Ayer's Hair Vigor", one with a bottle, one with a mirror, and one holding a lock of hair. Three more mermaids are swimming toward a shipwreck. The heading is: "Ayer's Hair Vigor for the Toilet Restores Gray Hair to its Natural Vitality and Color". At the bottom is: Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, U.S.A. The reverse of the card states that Ayer's Hair Vigor has "choice ingredients requisite to produce a preparation which restores gray hair to its original color, prevents baldness, preserves the hair and promotes its growth, cures dandruff and all diseases of the hair and scalp".

Creator(s)
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

Date
1870 - 1890

Call Number
12.1.23.11

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