Sozodont Tooth Paste
name: label: maker
content: Hall & Ruckel
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the metal tube reads “SOZODONT / Tooth / PASTE / TRADE MARK / HALL & RUCKEL / NEW YORK.” That on the cardboard box reads in part “SOZODONT / TOOTH / PASTE / 25 CENT SIZE / HALL & RUCKEL / NEW YORK.” Roswell van Buskirk (c. 1824–1902), a druggist in New Jersey, created Sozodont in 1859. The name derived from the Greek sozo, meaning "to save", and dontia, meaning "teeth". By 1864, Sozodont tooth powder could be had from Hall & Ruckel, a wholesale druggist firm in New York. Sozodont tooth paste originated in the early twentieth century.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.293320.0997
label: accession number
content: 293320
label: catalog number
content: 293320.0975
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothpaste
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm