Dr. West's Vray
name: label: collection
content: Reid Drugstore
label: maker
content: Weco Products co.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass bottle with paper label that reads “NET WT. 6 OUNCES / DR. WEST’S / BRAND / Vray / FOR THE TEETH / SHAKE SHARPLY / Before Using First Time / WECO PRODUCTS CO. CHICAGO, U.S.A. / PRINTED IN U.S.A.” This product, which was “not a paste, powder, or liquid, but an emulsion,” was on the market by 1941.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
title: label: Title
content: Dr. West's Vray
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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 Blanche E. Reid
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0351.141
label: accession number
content: 1984.0351
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0351.141
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothpaste
label: Other Terms
content: ?; otc preparation; Patent Medicines; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.7625 cm