Package of African Formula Skin Lightening Cream

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A tube with cap (2014.284.2ab) and box (2014.284.2c) of African Formula Skin Lightening Cream. A tube (2014.284.2a) of African Formula Skin Lightening Cream made of metal with a white plastic cap (2014.284.2b). The tube of lightening cream is black. Printed across the front of the tube in white text outlined in green is [AFRICAN FORMULA TM] with [Skin Lightening Cream] printed in white text below. On either side of the text is a green graphic of a kneeling person, holding a bowl, with a stylized baby strapped to the person’s back. The graphic shows the person in profile. Above and below the central text are bands of geometric patterns in green, red, and yellow. Below the central text in the center of the band of geometric pattern is yellow text that reads [BLACK CREAM].

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