Toothbrush
date: label: date made
content: c 1920s-1940s
notes: label: Description
content: Toothbrush with “DR. BUTLER’S / PERIDENTAL / TRADE MARK” and “MADE IN U.S.A. / STERILIZED” and “GUARANTEED” inscriptions on the handle. John O. Butler was a dentist and periodontist in Chicago. The John O. Butler Co. was established in 1923 and introduced the term “Peridental” to commerce in 1926.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.291116.326
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.326
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush
label: Other Terms
content: Toothbrush; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 15.875 cm x 1.5875 cm