Dental Facings
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box with a “DIMELOW / FACINGS / PATENTED JAN. 25, 1910, AUG. 19, 1913 / JOHNSON & LUND” inscription. Thomas E. Dimelow (1872-1946) was born in England, moved to the United States at a young age, and obtained several dental patents. Johnson & Lund Co. was a dental supply firm in Philadelphia established in 1858 by two immigrants from Sweden, Frederick N. Johnson and Oliver Lund.
label: Description
content: Ref: Thomas Edward Dimelow, “Fastening for Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 947,378 (Jan. 25, 1910).
label: Description
content: Thomas Edward Dimelow, “Artificial Tooth,” U.S. Patent 1,070,785 (Aug. 19, 1913).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82807U26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crown and artificial teeth demonstration set
label: Object Name
content: dental demonstration set
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - box: 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 13.335 cm x 18.415 cm