Merkel's Tooth Powder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1917
name: label: maker
content: Merkel's
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: To cleanse and whiten teeth. Removes tobacco stains. A tonic and astringent. Use in connection with semi-annual visit to your dentist. Recomended by dentists and doctors. For pyrrhea ... for soft, sore, bleeding spongy gums. Hardens and strengthens mouth tissues. For trench mouth ... As a mouth wash and throat gargle. Prevents tartar accumulation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0873.14
label: accession number
content: 1986.0873
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0873.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: tooth powder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 in x 1 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.175 cm