Calder's Saponaceous Dentine
name: label: maker
content: Calder, Albert L.
notes: label: Description
content: Metal container with label that reads “CALDER’S / SAPONACEOUS DENTINE / For Cleansing, Preserving, and Beautifying . . . / PREPARED BY / ALBERT L. CALDER / Providence, R.I., U.S.A.” Albert L. Calder (1825-1899), a pharmacist in Providence, brought this product to market in 1867.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
topic: label: Subject
content: Dental Products
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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 Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.234
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.234
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: tooth powder
label: Object Type
content: Personal Hygiene Products
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 4.445 cm