Spongo - The No Bristle Toothbrush
date: label: date made
content: c. 1930s
notes: label: Description
content: One inscription on the cardboard box reads “THE No Bristle TOOTHBRUSH / SPONGO / Sanitary Replaceable.” Another reads “THE SANI-SPONGE TOOTHBRUSH COMPANY, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.” This was apparently introduced to market in 1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.325
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush, sponge, set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 16.1925 cm x 5.3975 cm