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Grooming Case
Grooming Case
Grooming Case
Grooming Case
Grooming Case
Grooming Case

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Military and Veterans
World War I ➔ Grooming Case

Identifier:
189401
Description:
This Colgate No. 1 Comfort Kit contains shaving powder, dental cream, gauze, and a piece of soap. It also contains a blank order to order more Colgate products.
Date:
1914 – 1918
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Source:
Gift of Mrs. Merrill Wells
Related Entities:
Colgate (creator) Mrs. Minerva Wells (donor)
Alternate names: Mrs. Merrill Wells
Mrs. Minerva Ford Wells was born in 1893 to J.E. Ford of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr. a prominent physician in 1936 and she passed away in 1982. Objects she donated consists of many uniforms and medical objects relating to her husband, Dr. Sumner Merrill Wells Jr.'s, service with the World War I Red Cross Hospital Unit Q that was organized by the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Red Cross. Related papers can be found in the collections of the Grand Rapids Public Library Collection # 146: https://www.grpl.org/uploads/grhsc/146.pdf.