Sozodont Dental Trade Card

Dental trade card for Sozodont Tooth-wash depicting two children in pastoral scene holding large bottle of VAN BUSKIRK'S FRAGRANT SOZODONT. Text of advertisement reads: TELL IT TO OTHERS / WHEN YOU FIND A SPRING OF WATER, / PURE, ABUNDANT COOL, / YOU PROCLAIM TO ALL THE THIRSTY, / "COME, DRINK AT THE POOL." / THUS, OF ALL LIFE'S COMMON BLESSING, / ALL THAT HELP OUR KIND. / HAVE YOU FOUND A BOON? TELL OTHERS, / THAT HELP ALL MAY FIND. / IF YOU USE THAT PEERLESS TOOTH-WASH, / SOZODONT THE PURE, / TELL YOUR FRIENDS, THAT THEY MAY BUY SOME, / AND SOUND TEETH INSURE. [on back] DEAR MADAM WE TAKE THE LIBERTY OF OFFERING YOU A SAMPLE BOTTLE OF VAN BUSKIRK'S FRAGRANT SOZODONT, FOR THE TEETH. AFTER GIVING IT A TRIAL IF YOU SHOULD DESIRE TO PURCHASE A LARGE BOTTLE YOU WILL FIND IT AT ANY OF THE DRUG STORES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS A PREPARATION OF INTRINSIC MERIT, AND ONE THAT SHOULD BE IN THE POSSESSION OF EVERY FAMILY WHO CARE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR TEETH. WE REMAIN YOURS RESPECTFULLY HALL & RUEKEL WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. NEW YORK [in color]

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circa late nineteenth century

Advertising -- Toothpaste -- United States

Children in advertising

Mouth -- Care and hygiene -- United States

Advertising as Topic

Dentifrices

Trade cards

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From the Paul Baer Collection, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine

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