Dr. Wernet's Prophylactic Tooth Powder
name: label: maker
content: Wernet Dental Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on this tin reads in part “Dr. Wernet’s / PROPHYLACTIC / TOOTH POWDER / CHEMICALLY COMPOUNDED / BY AN EXPERT / ENDORSED BY LEADING DENTISTS / SOLE MANUFACTURERS / THE DR. WERNET TOOTH POWDER CO. LTD. / PHILADELPHIA, PA. U.S.A.” Dr. George L. Wernet (1873-1934) was an entrepreneurial dentist in Philadelphia who promoted preventive dentistry. The Wernet Manufacturing Co. began in business in 1906.
label: Description
content: Ref: George L. Wernet, “Powder Dispensing Device,” U.S. Patent 722,784 (March 17, 1903).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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: 1988.0717.55
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0717.55
label: accession number
content: 1988.0717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: tooth powder
label: Other Terms
content: Powder, Tooth; Oral Hygiene; Personal Hygiene
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.4925 cm