Pro-phy-lac-tic Toothbrush
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Pro-phy-lac-tic Brush Company
notes: label: Description
content: Toothbrush with “Pro-phy-lac-tic” and “MADE IN U.S.A.” and “STERILIZED” and “‘A CLEAN TOOTH NEVER DECAYS’” and “MEDIUM” and “GUARANTEED” and “FLORENCE MFG. CO.” and “MADE IN U.S.A.” inscriptions on the pink handle. The Florence Mfg. Co., in Florence, Ma., began making toothbrushes in 1885 and introduced the term “Pro-phy-lac-tic” to commerce. The firm donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1924.
label: Description
content: Ref: Full page ad for the Pro-phy-lact-tic toothbrush in Everybody’s Magazine 37B (1917): 129.
label: Description
content: One of six toothbrushes donated to the museum in 1924 by the Pro-phy-lac-tic Brush Co. for use in the "Hall of Health" exhibition about the importance of dental hygiene. Only two of the brushes remain from this collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
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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 Pro-phy-lac-tic Brush Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02060.01
label: catalog number
content: M-02060.01
label: accession number
content: 85097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 13.335 cm x .9525 cm