Toothbrush
date: label: date made
content: c 1940s
label: date made
content: c 1920s-1940s
label: patent date
content: 1926-07-13
notes: label: Description
content: Tefra Toothbrushes were marketed in the 1920s and well into the 1940s. Users could easily replace the bristles on these toothbrushes, ensuring that bristles were new and dry with each use. Advertisements claimed that dry bristles provided a deeper cleaning than wet bristles. The brush was also designed to be small, enabling users to reach deeper into the mouth's recesses. Advertisements also claimed that using a Tefra refillable toothbrushes was cheaper than buying new toothbrushes.
label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the handle of this toothbrush read “TEFRA NO. 3” and “DELEBODY / xxxx” and “PAT. 7-13-’26.” Those on the front of the cardboard box read “TEFRA Refill” and “Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.” and “PAT. 7, 13, 26” and “Sterilized / TOOTH BRUSH” and “Easy to Refill” and “No. 3.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
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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 Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.327
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.327
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush
label: Other Terms
content: Toothbrush; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 17.145 cm x 2.8575 cm