Forhan's Toothpaste
name: label: maker
content: Zonite Products Corporation. Forhan Division
notes: label: Description
content: Richard Joseph Forhan (1866-1965) was a graduate of the Denver School of Dentistry who practiced in Denver for 18 years. Moving to New York in 1913, Forhan began manufacturing a dentifrice under his own name. Zonite bought Forhan’s firm in 1929, and moved it to New Brunswick soon thereafter. Obituaries noted that Forhan “Made Fortune in ‘20s With Toothpaste He Developed.” The labels on this metal container read IN PART “FORHAN’S / Tooth Paste” while those on the cardboard box indicate that the product was made by Zoonite in New Brunswick, N.J.
label: Description
content: Ref: “RICHARD FORHAN, DENTIST, IS DEAD,” New York Times (Dec. 26, 1965), p. 68.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, New Brunswick
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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 Robert J. Locurto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0219.042
label: accession number
content: 1981.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0219.042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothpaste
label: Other Terms
content: Tooth Paste; Oral Hygiene; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 12.065 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.8575 cm