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This jar was recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. One side of the jar has the advertising: "FRANCO AMERICAN HYGIENIC CO. CHICAGO." The jar likely held face cream or some other toiletry product.
Date: 1889-1912
Item Number: 453302
Call Number: 14MM327-143-45
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453302
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Toilet Article - Jar, Cosmetic
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Florella Brown, 1816-1865
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Historic sites - John Brown Museum
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