Zonweiss Dental Cream Advertisement

Advertisement for Zonweiss dental cream depicting a family of smiling bears, with mother, father, and two children, the younger of whom is having his teeth brushed by his mother, while the older child holds a spoon; enlarged bottle of Zonweiss is shown. [on front] WHEN PEARLY ROWS OF TEETH ARE SEEN, / IN BEAUTY GLISTENING WHITE AND CLEAN, / NO NEED TO ASK ABOUT THE CAUSE, / OR MORALIZE ON NATURE'S LAWS, / BUT LET YOUR THOUGHTS AT ONCE INCLINE / TO ZONWEISS, PERFECT, PURE, AND FINE, / A DENTAL CREAM OF CLEANSING POWER, / THAT GROWS IN FAVOR EVERY HOUR. / ZONWEISS, A CREAM FOR THE TEETH, HAS RECEIVED THE ENTHUSIASTIC ENDORSEMENT OF SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT CHEMISTS, AND IS PRAISED BY DENTISTS AND REFINED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. ZONWEISS IS A PURE WHITE CREAM, MADE FROM NEW AND EXPENSIVE MATERIAL, AND CONTAINS NO ACIDS, ALKALIES, HARD GRIT, OR OTHER INGREDIENTS INJURIOUS TO THE DELICATE ENAMEL OF THE TEETH. IT IS APPLIED TO THE BRUSH BY MEANS OF A LITTLE CELLULOID IVORY SPOON ACCOMPANYING EACH JAR. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, OR JOHNSON & JOHNSON, OPERATIVE CHEMISTS, 23 CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK. [printed in Harper's Magazine Advertiser, page 311] [advertisements on back for THE "GORTON" BOILER / MONROE PATENT STONEWARE-LINED REFRIGERATORS / THE UNION KNIFE (MAHER & GROSH) / HALF-CLAMP NICKEL-PLATED ROLLER SKATES (GEORGE D. BURTON) / PRINT YOUR OWN CARDS [KELSEY & CO.)] [black and white]

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New York

circa late nineteenth century

Advertising -- Toothpaste -- United States

Animals in advertising

Mouth -- Care and hygiene -- United States

Advertising as Topic

Dentifrices

Tooth bleaching

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

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