Dental Floss
name: label: maker
content: Gudebrod
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard cylinder containing dental floss. Inscriptions on the lid read “CUTTER SILK / Mfg. Co. / RIBBON / Dental Floss / MADE FROM THE / FINEST / RAW SILK.” Those on the side of the lid read “CUTTER SILK / MFG. CO. / MANUFACTURERS OF / HIGH GRADE RIBBON DENTAL.” Those on the lower part of the container read “SILK THREADS AND FLOSSES / GUDEBROD BROS. CO. SUCCESSORS.” The Gudebrod Bros. firm was formed in 1891 and acquired the Cutter Silk Mfg. Co., with its mills in Bethlehem, Pa., soon thereafter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09083.01
label: catalog number
content: M-09083.01
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: dental floss
label: Other Terms
content: Floss, Dental; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 2.8575 cm