Toothbrush
name: label: maker
content: Loonen, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Toothbrush with a celluloid handle, and inscriptions that read “ETTS. CHARLES LOONEN / RED CROSS / TRADEMARKED U.S. PAT. OFF.” and “JAPAN. . .CO.” Charles Loonen (1850-1913) was a French brush manufacturer. He established a factory in Osaka, Japan, in 1900. He began using the term “Red Cross” in 1899, and registered it as a U.S. trademark in 1906.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2012.0165.438
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.438
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush
label: Object Type
content: toothbrushes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (product material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 11.7475 cm x 1.27 cm