Toothbrush
notes: label: Description
content: The “FRANCE” inscription on the handle indicates where this toothbrush was made. The “ELEPHANT” inscription suggests that the handle looks and feels like elephant ivory.
label: Description
content: Ref: E. Dupont & Co. ad for Elephant brand toothbrushes in Dry Goods Economist (Feb. 1912): 74.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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 Dr. Francis M. Blauston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10569
label: catalog number
content: M-10569
label: accession number
content: 253101
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 4 7/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 12.3825 cm x 1.27 cm