George T. Barney was a Perfumer in South Malden, Mass from around 1860 until the late 1870s. In 1876, he was listed as a Salesman & Perfumer, working with Mirick & Banfield. The following is a transcription of an ad from an 1860 New York Independant:
BARNEY'S COCOA-CASTORINE FOR THE HAIR.
The celebrated article is sought for as the NE PLUS ULTRA of hair-dressing. Every lady and gentleman in the land should use it. Sylvanus Cobb Jr., the popular writer says: "its effects are almost magical." For sale by all the leading houses.
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