Dentocoll
name: label: maker
content: L. D. Caulk Dental Depot, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Inscriptions on the cardboard box read in part, “DE TREY’S / DENTOCOLL / CAULK / FOR / ACCURATE / ONE-PIECE / IMPRESSIONS” and “MADE IN U.S.A. / BY THE L. D. CAULK CO.” Those on one side of the box read “REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / DENTOCOL / U.K. PAT. 271,306 / U.S. PAT. 1,672,766 / OTHER PATS. PENDING / THE L. D. CAULK COMPANY / MANUFACTURING AND SELLING AGENTS FOR N. & S. AMERICA AND JAPAN / MILFORD, DEL. / TORONTO, CAN. / TOKYO, JAPAN.” Those on another side read in part “NEW FORM / CELLULOID TUBE / IS PATENTED / U.S. PAT. 1977580.”
label: Description
content: Dentocoll was introduced to the market in 1926, and received a trademark the following year.
label: Description
content: Ref: Carl March, “Case,” U.S. Patent 1,672,766 (June 8, 1928)
label: Description
content: Davis R. Grier, “Package for Reversible Hydrocolloid Plastic Material and Method of Using the Same,” U.S. Patent 1,077,580 (Oct. 16, 1934), assigned to The L. D. Caulk Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Doris H. Bratten (Mrs. Roscoe C. Bratten, D.D.S.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.312608.082
label: catalog number
content: 312608.082
label: accession number
content: 312608
objectType: label: Object Name
content: caulk
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 11/32 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 11/32 in; 3.429 cm x 13.335 cm x 3.429 cm