Breck Shampoo is an American brand of shampoo that is also known for its Breck Girls advertising campaign. In 1930, Dr. John H. Breck, Sr. (June 5, 1877 – February 1965) of Springfield, Massachusetts, founded Breck Shampoo.

Oct 14, 2024 · The iconic Breck shampoo ads were meant to look sweet & wholesome, and a few of the Breck Girls went on to become famous actresses. Take a look!

Jan 1, 2000 · The Breck Girls portraits were born during the Depression and came of age in the 1940s and '50s, times that shook cherished values, including long-held beliefs about the roles of men and women.

Jul 9, 1992 · There was a time, a span of about 30 years, when you couldn't open a women's magazine without seeing a Breck girl. They advertised shampoo. To several generations their pastel portraits came to symbolize clean-cut American femalehood.

Apr 9, 2014 · If you grew up in the 60's and 70's, there's a very good chance you had a bottle of liquid gold - Breck Shampoo. I remember it well, it seemed like a luxurious shampoo to me, it was thick and smelled so good.

May 27, 2012 · For 30 years the Breck shampoo advertising campaign-featuring as its centerpiece a romanticized portrait of a smiling girl with shiny, silky swirls of abundant hair- both recorded and reinforced an idealized, often unattainable American beauty ideal.

Breck Girls Collection Summary The collection documents the development and evolution of the Breck Girl, a highly successful and long-lived advertising campaign whose hallmark was its vision of idealized American womanhood through correspondence, photographs, paintings, and print advertisements. Biographical / Historical

Sep 27, 1995 · Gertrude E. Breck, a former model for the distinctive “Breck Girl” shampoo ads, and widow of the chairman of the board of John H. Breck Inc., died Monday at home. She was 89.

Dec 12, 1986 · About 200 women have appeared in the pastel portraits, including the future-famous Brooke Shields as a child; Kim Basinger, portraying a young bride; Cybill Shepherd, and Jaclyn Smith. And now...

records, documenting the development and evolution of the Breck Girls advertising campaign. Original advertising art includes portraits of famous models, such as Cheryl Tiegs, Brooke Shields, Kim Basinger, and Erin Gray.