Dental Vulcanite
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the cardboard box reads in part “THE HYGIENIC DENTAL RUBBER CO. / ESTABLISHED 1906” and “AKRON, OHIO / U.S.A.” In 1925, Walter Paramore Keith (1890-1975) purchased the trade name, formulas and tangible assets of the (defunct) Hygienic Dental Rubber Company in Port Huron, Mi., and moved them to Akron, Ohio. The firm became The Hygienic Corp. in 1978.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Penwalt Corporation, S.S. White Division
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0752.33
label: accession number
content: 1981.0752
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0752.33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Supplies, Dental, Set of
label: Object Name
content: dental vulcanite
label: Other Terms
content: Supplies, Dental, Set of; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 3/16 in; 2.54 cm x 15.875 cm x 8.128 cm