Lister's Tooth Soap
name: label: maker
content: Johnson and Johnson
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the paper label reads “Lister / TOOTH SOAP / Johnson & Johnson.” Lister’s Tooth Soap was said to be “superior to any dentifrice on the market. It is a combination of the finest grade of precipitated chalk and a mild alkaline soap of guaranteed purity.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Lister Tooth Soap” in Johnson’s First Aid Manual (New Brunswick, N.J., 1909), p. 125.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, New Brunswick
topic: label: Subject
content: Dental Products
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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 Mrs. Edward Mogull
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12151.08A
label: catalog number
content: M-12151.08A
label: accession number
content: 271464
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: tooth soap
label: Object Name
content: toothpaste
label: Other Terms
content: Toothpaste; Oral Hygiene; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm