Mouth Props
name: label: maker
content: L. D. Caulk Dental Depot, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the box reads “THE HARE MOUTH PROP / $3.50 / THE L. D. CAULK COMPANY / Philadelphia, PA., U.S.A. / Laboratories, Milford, Delaware.” L. D. Caulk (d. 1896) was a dentist in Delaware who made his own materials, and then manufactured such products for the trade as cement, gutta-percha, filling materials, and alloys. This is based on patents issued to William Hare of Danville, Illinois.
label: Description
content: Ref: William Hare, “Dental Mouth-Prop, Mirror, and Tongue-Depressor,” U.S. Patent 735,762 (Aug. 11, 1903).
label: Description
content: William Hare, “Combined Mouth-Prop, Tongue-Depressor, &c., for Dental Use,” U.S. Patent 770,853 (Sept. 27, 1904).
label: Description
content: William Hare, “Dental Mouth Prop and Mirror, Cheek-Distender, &c.,” U.S. Patent 770,854 (Sept. 27, 1904).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260892.234
label: accession number
content: 260892
label: catalog number
content: 260892.233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mouth props and tongue holders
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 14.2875 cm x 6.0325 cm