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Books (O-Z)
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Trade Journals
Journal of the society of cosmetic chemists. (1947-1997). Detroit, MI: The Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
The American perfumer & essential oil review. (1906-1955). New York: Robbins Perfumer Co. [etc.].
The American perfumer and aromatics. (1956-1960). Pontiac, IL. [etc.], Allured Publishing Corporation [etc.].
American perfumer. (1960-1962). Pontiac, IL., Allured Publishing Corporation.
The American perfumer and cosmetics. (1963-1971). Oak Park, IL., Allured Publishing Corporation.
Beauty aids: A quarterly review of the British perfumery, cosmetic, hairdressing and allied trades. (1947-1949). London.
The chemist and druggist. (1859-) London: Morgan Brothers.
The drug and cosmetic industry. (1932-1997). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [etc.].
The hairdresser and beauty trade. (1932-1950). London.
Journal of the American medical association. (1883-present). Chicago, IL.
The manufacturing chemist. (1933-2012). London: Miller Freeman [etc.].
Manufacturing perfumer. (1936-1939). London: Leonard Hill.
The perfumery and essential oil record. (1910-1969). London: G. Street & Co., Ltd.
Soap & chemical specialties. (1954-1971). New York: MacNair-Dorland.
Soap, perfumery & cosmetics. (1935-1970). London: London Trade Press Ltd.
Yearbook of pharmacy: Comprising abstracts of papers relating to pharmacy, materia medica, and chemistry contributed to British and foreign journals. (1870-1927). London: J. & A. Churchill [etc.].
Websites
Ad*Access
Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
American Art Archives
Art work from artists that produced cosmetic advertising.
AmericanRadioHistory.com
Access to a million pages of AM, FM & TV broadcasting history.
The British Newspaper Archive
Two hundred years of British newspapers and magazines.
The Chicagoan
Scanned copies from 1926 to 1935.
Collecting Vintage Compacts
Information on vintage compacts.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Historic American newspapers from 1777-1963
The Costumer’s Manifesto
Has a collection of scanned books on nineteenth and twentieth century stage make-up here.
La Cosmétothèque
French site that traces the history of products, ingredients, techniques and brands.
Electrotherapy Museum
A site dedicated to the Tesla coil with information on Static Electric Machines, Galvanic Batteries, Faradic Batteries, Oudin Resonators, Tesla Coils, Violet Rays, Diathermy Machines, Carbon Arc Lamps, Ultraviolet Ozone Apparatus and Quack Medical Devices.
Gallica
A huge digital library of French books and magazines including some copies of French Vogue and other fashion magazines.
Avon Digital History Archive at the Hagley Library
A range of materials such as advertisements, catalogs, representative’s sales tools, and corporate documents.
HathiTrust
A large collection of scanned books and other objects
Heidelburg University Digital Library
Excellent source for German journals and newspapers.
History World
Britain’s History in Old Photos and Vintage Adverts.
Internet Archive
A digital library of books, magazines, videos, Internet sites and other cultural ojects.
Lantern
The search platform for the collections of the Media History Digital Library.
Library and Archives Canada
Contains materials in all types of formats from across Canada and around the world that are of interest to Canadians.
Magazine Art
Vintage magazine cover and advertising art from the Golden Age of American Illustration.
Media History Digital Library
A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.
The Makeup Museum
An online space devoted to the exhibition, preservation and research of vintage and contemporary cosmetics.
Museum of the City of New York
Explore New York’s past through nearly 185,000 images and objects from the collections.
The National Museum of American History
The collection of cosmetics and personal care products currently includes over 2,200 objects dating largely from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
New-York Historical Society
Digital collections freely available over the Internet.
Oldmagazinearticles.com
Articles from assorted magazines.
The Quack Doctor
A collection of panacean powders, pills, potions, procedures and pamphlets, as advertised in historical newspapers.
Trove
Australian online resource of books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.
Vintage Ad Browser: Health and Hygiene
Beauty and Hygiene advertisements.
Vogue Archive
Back copies of American Vogue.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia has some limited background information on cosmetics as well as more detailed material on some cosmetic firms.