CALIFORNIA PERFUME COMPANY COLOR PLATE CATALOG OF PERFUMES, TOILET WATERS, SACHET POWDERS, COMPLEXION CREAMS, TALCUM POWDERS, TOILET PREPARATIONS, SOAPS AND SOAP PREPARATIONS, SHAVING SUPPLIES, HAIR TONICS AND SHAMPOOS, MANICURE SUPPLIES, DENTIFRICES, FLAVORING EXTRACTS. COLORINGS AND FOOD PRODUCTS, HOUSEHOLD SPECIALTIES, ATOMIZER BOXES, GIFT PACKAGES AND SETS. ISSUED ONLY TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMPANY. New York, San Francisco, Luzerne, Montreal, Kansas City: California Perfume Company, n.d. [circa 1915]. 25.8x26.5 cm (oblong folio), pp. [1-92] (not numbered), illustrations, original leatherette stamped in white and blind, rivet bound. Elaborate trade catalogue produced for company representatives illustrating California Perfume Company products. The final leaf is an advertisement celebrating the gold medal awarded to the company at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition for perfumes, toilet articles, and household specialties. The company, which would later become Avon Products, Inc. (1946), is one of the oldest direct selling companies in America. The California Perfume Company was founded in 1886 by David H. McConnell (1856-1937). In the 1890s he established a manufacturing headquarters and research laboratory in Suffern, New York. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company expanded its line of products to include the cosmetics, household cleaners, food flavorings, and toiletries shown in this catalogue, many illustrated with their stylish packaging. A very good copy. (#172960).
Price: $450.00
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