Sta-Comb (Hair Oil)

[FedoraFan112390]

What exactly was Sta-Comb? I've read it was some sort of hair oil that LBJ used on his hair, but I can't find any trace of it today (unlike say Brylcreem or Wildroot, which are still available decades later). Does anyone have any experience with Sta-Comb; What would be the closest sort of hair cream or hair oil close to it today?

 

[Stanley Doble]

Never heard of it, but most brands of hair oil were made of olive oil with some kind of scent. Other popular ingredients were lanolin and alcohol.

Sta-Comb may have been a Texas brand or regional brand not sold outside the south.

 

[Dinerman]

It was heavily advertised in its day, but production seems to have stopped about 50 years ago. It would seem the peak of its popularity was in the 1920s.