Forhan's Toothpaste, 3 1/8 Oz
date: label: date made
content: ca 1953
label: copyright date
content: 1953
name: label: collection
content: Reid Drugstore
label: maker
content: Zonite Products Corporation. Forhan Division
notes: label: Description
content: Richard Joseph Forhan (1866-1965) was a graduate of the Denver School of Dentistry who practiced in Denver for 18 years. Moving to New York in 1913, Forhan began manufacturing a dentifrice under his own name. Zonite bought Forhan’s firm in 1929, and moved it to New Brunswick soon thereafter. Obituaries noted that Forhan “Made Fortune in ‘20s With Toothpaste He Developed.” Inscriptions on this tube read “FORHAN’S / Tooth Paste” with indications that the product was made by Zoonite in New Brunswick, N.J.
label: Description
content: Ref: “RICHARD FORHAN, DENTIST, IS DEAD,” New York Times (Dec. 26, 1965), p. 68.
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 Blanche E. Reid
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0351.245
label: accession number
content: 1984.0351
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0351.245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothpaste
label: Other Terms
content: Toothpaste; ?; Oral Hygiene; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 15.875 cm x 3.175 cm