Indexo Finger Tooth Brush
notes: label: Description
content: Rubber finger toothbrush in a plastic case, with an inscription that reads in part “INDEXO FINGER TOOTHBRUSH CO. / NEW YORK CITY.” Indexo began in 1901 and was still an ongoing concern in 1937.
label: Description
content: Users slipped the toothbrush onto their index finger and then used their finger as a toothbrush handle.
label: Description
content: Ref. Ad in The Rotarian (1916), p. 251.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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 Doris H. Bratten (Mrs. Roscoe C. Bratten, D.D.S.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.312608.387
label: catalog number
content: 312608.387
label: accession number
content: 312608
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush head
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 in x 5/8 in; 4.445 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.5875 cm