Dura-Pearl Powdered Dentrifice
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940s
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box with an inscription that reads “DURA-PERL / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / POWDERED / DENTIFRICE / PERMA-PERL / BERG-WILLIAMS CORPORATION / SOLE OWNERS AND DISTRIBUTORS / NEW YORK, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A.” Berg-Williams introduced the term “DURA-PERL” to commerce in 1939 and received a trademark the following year.
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 Michael R. Harris in memory of Everett Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0717.24
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0717.24
label: accession number
content: 1988.0717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: tooth powder
label: Other Terms
content: Box; Oral Hygiene; Personal Hygiene
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (packaging color)
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content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 3 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 9.8425 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bottle: 3 3/4 in x 3 in; 9.525 cm x 7.62 cm