Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Store display
Object Number:
2002.1.3478
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Plaster
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 6 x 3 3/4 in.
Description:
A bust of a bearded man smoking a pipe in a white top hat with a gray jacket crossed by gold belts. The top hat is engraved "Coke/ Dandruff/ Cure", and a partially legible inscription on the rear reads "...yright 1900/ ...Chicago". Coke Dandruff Cure was manufactured by A.R. Bremer of Chicago. The product bottle, pictured on some of the company ads, had a fancy metal stopper. Albert R. Bremer listed in 1898 at 173 Randolph, Chicago. Another product by Bremer was Coke Egg Shampoo.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
