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  Advertisement for Ipana Tooth Paste in The Saturday Evening Post

  Advertisement for Ipana Tooth Paste in The Saturday Evening Post with two columns of text and enlarged image of product and toothbrush. [in heading] 2 WAYS TO KNOW IPANA'S BENEFITS TO YOUR TEETH AND YOUR GUMS / 1 THE COUPON / 2 THE DRUG STORE [on label] GOOD FOR TENDER GUMS / IPANA TOOTH PASTE / BRISTOL-MEYERS / NEW YORK [The Saturday Evening Post page 87, copyright 1928.] [in color]
  Date: 1928-12-29
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  Advertisement for Ipana Tooth Paste in Woman's Home Companion

  Advertisement for Ipana toothpaste in Woman's Home Companion depicting scene in elegant restaurant. [heading text] HOW DENTISTS STRIVE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE BY COOKS / THE PROFESSION BLAMES SOFT FOOD FOR THE PREVALENCE OF "PINK TOOTH BRUSH" AND POINTS OUT A SIMPLE WAY TO COMBAT IT... / AT HOME OR AT THE CLUB OR YOUR FAVORITE CAFE... - WHEREVER WE DINE, WE EAT SOFT FOOD! THESE PROFESSIONAL STATEMENTS INDICATED HOW IT ROBS US OF ORAL HEALTH [at bottom] IPANA TOOTH PASTE - MADE BY THE MAKERS OF SAL HEPATICA [with enlarged tube of product and form to request trial tube; copyright B.-M. Co., 1927. [in black and white]
  Date: 1927-12
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  The Secret Behind Her Smile, Pepsodent Exhibit Hall of Pharmacy

  Tri-fold leaflet from the New York World's Fair 1939 for the Pepsodent Exhibit in the Hall of Pharmacy, entitled: The Secret Behind Her Smile; cover depicting smiling woman and tube of Pepsodent. [bold headings inside pamphlet] WHAT IS A DENTIFRICE? / WHAT IS IRIUM? / WHAT IS PEPSODENT'S POLISHING AGENT? / WHAT PROVES PEPSODENT'S SAFETY? / WHAT RESEARCH IS BACK OF PEPSODENT? / HOW CAN I KEEP MY TEETH CLEAN AND SPARKLING? / HOW CAN I KEEP MY TEETH HEALTHY ? [on final page] 3 RULES FOR HEALTHY TEETH / 1 PROPER DIET /2 REGULAR DENTAL ATTENTION 3/ HOME CARE [each rule with accompanying text] [shades of blue with white background, copyright N.Y.W.F. on inside page]
  Date: 14480
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  Advertisement Card for King Dental Co.

  Advertising card for King Dental Co. with sepia photograph of man tied to chair with bucket having tooth pulled by practitioner holding chain. [on front] YE OLDEN TIME DENTISTRY / COMPLIMENTS OF KING DENTAL CO. [stamp] FLOYD AUSTIN, MILAN N.H. [Back text in English and French] [in bold] DR. KING'S SAFE SYSTEM OF PAINLESS DENTISTRY / FULL SET, $5.00. / THE KING DENTAL PARLORS 108 MAIN STREET, TUCKER BLOCK BERLIN, N. H. [with French translation of services offered] [sepia]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  A Strong Pull Dental Card

  Card mounted on black paper background depicting seated man having a tooth pulled by practitioner standing on his chest; text reads: A STRONG PULL. [numbered 1224, with initials BB.] [in color]
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  Johnson & Johnson "Pocket" Dental Floss Silk

  Metal container [on label] "POCKET" DENTAL FLOSS SILK / TEN YARDS / JOHNSON & JOHNSON / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR [on bottom] JOHNSON & JOHNSON / CUT HERE / MADE IN U.S.A.
  Date: circa 1940
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  Johnson & Johnson "Brunswick" Dental Floss Silk

  Metal container with paper label [on label] "BRUNSWICK" DENTAL FLOSS SILK / A SELECT GRADE / MAN'F'D BY / JOHNSON & JOHNSON, NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., U.S.A. / MADE IN U.S.A. [on top label] WAXED 12 YARDS
  Date: after 1898
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  Glass Listerine Antiseptic Bottle

  Glass Listerine Antiseptic bottle with black plastic cap. [on label] LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC / ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: THYMOL, EUCALYPTOL, METHYL SALICYLATE, MENTHOL, BORIC ACID AND BENZOIC ACID [A 62 stamped on bottom of bottle]
  Date: circa 1960s
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  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle, circa 19th century

  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle featuring floral design. FRANCE engraved on handle. STERLING engraved on silver grip.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle, circa 19th century

  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle featuring floral design. STERLING engraved on silver grip.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle, circa 19th century

  Toothbrush with ornate, sterling silver handle. FRANCE engraved on handle next to bristles. STERLING engraved on silver grip; letter B engraved in script on rear of grip.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle, circa 19th century

  Toothbrush with sterling silver handle featuring floral design. FRANCE engraved on handle. STERLING engraved on silver grip.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Dr. I. W. Lyon's Perfect Tooth Powder

  Dr. I.W. Lyon's Perfect Tooth Powder in metal bottle with trademark and image of woman. [on label] DR. I.W. LYON'S PERFECT TOOTH POWDER / CLEANSING & BEAUTIFYING THE TEETH AND PURIFYING THE BREATH / MADE IN U.S.A. / DIRECTIONS / SHAKE INTO PALM OF THE HAND. THEN TAKE UP ON WET BRUSH, OR APPLY DIRECTLY ON BRUSH. REPLACE CAP. / THE R.L. WATKINS COMPANY, 1276 W. THIRD STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO, SUCCESSORS TO I.W. LYON AND SONS, INC. ESTABLISHED 1866 BY I.W. LYON, D.D.S.
  Date: after 1929
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  Advertisement and Instruction Card for Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

  Advertisement card included in box of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream. [on front] TAKE THIS HOME TO TELL THE FAMILY ABOUT THE LESSON "GOOD TEETH -- GOOD HEALTH" [advertisement text and diagrams of healthy and diseased teeth inside] [picture of smiling boy on back with COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / TO DO THE BEST WORK IN SCHOOL EVERY BOY OR GIRL SHOULD BRUSH THE TEETH ON GETTING UP IN THE MORNING, AND JUST BEFORE GOING TO BED AT NIGHT [in color, with product and advertisement]
  Date: circa 1908
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  Advertisement Booklet to Accompany Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

  Advertisement for Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream. [on cover] TURN THIS PAGE AND DO AS THIS LITTLE MAN DOES [inside] BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM TRADE MARK MORNING AND NIGHT / VISIT YOUR DENTIST AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR / GOOD TEETH -- GOOD HEALTH [on back] YOU CAN PLAY AND WORK BETTER WHEN YOUR TEETH ARE KEPT CLEAN. A GOOD DENTIFRICE / IT CLEANS TEETH THE RIGHT WAY AND IS SAFE TO USE. IT HAS A DELICIOUS TASTE. BRUSH THE UPPER TEETH DOWNWARD FROM THE GUMS. THE LOWER TEETH UPWARD FROM THE GUMS / COPYRIGHT 1922 COLGATE & CO. ESTABLISHED 1806 / PUBLISHERS OF DENTAL LECTURES / THE JUNGLE POW-WOW / CHEW-CHEW ENGINE / AND OTHER HELPS TO EMPHASIZE THE NECESSITY FOR CARE OF THE TEETH / NEW YORK / LONDON / PARIS [In color, with product and advertisement]
  Date: circa 1922
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  Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

  Tube of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream. [on box] COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / "RIBBON" REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE / COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / WE COULDN'T IMPROVE THE CREAM SO WE IMPROVED THE TUBE / THE OLD WAY / OUR NEW WAY / COPYRIGHT 1908, BY COLGATE & CO. / ANTISEPTIC / DELICIOUS / COMES OUT A RIBBON / LIES FLAT ON THE BRUSH [on tube] COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / COLGATE & CO. PERFUMERS / NEW YORK U.S.A. / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. [with advertising cards]
  Date: circa 1908
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  Oral-B Toothbrush with Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine Label

  Oral-B toothbrush embossed with: SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE / STONY BROOK (631) 632-0989
  Date: circa early twenty-first century
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  Colgate Toothpaste with Pro-Argin

  Colgate Toothpaste with Pro Argin, developed by Israel Kleinberg, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral Biology and Pathology, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine.
  Date: circa early twenty-first century
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  Advertisement for Dr. E.L. Graves' Tooth Powder or Tooth Paste, with Meade & Baker's Carbolic Mouth Wash

  Advertisement for Dr. E.L. Graves' Tooth Powder or Tooth Paste, with reference to Meade & Baker's Carbolic Mouth Wash, enclosed in box of Meade & Baker's Carbolic Mouth Wash. [on front] DR. E.L. GRAVES' TOOTH POWDER OR TOOTH PASTE / A PERFECT DENTIFRICE [...] IT IS OCCASIONALLY ADVISABLE TO USE AN ANTISEPTIC TOOTH WASH AND MOUTH WASH. WE ADVISE USING THE POWERFUL GERMICIDE -- MEADE & BAKER'S CARBOLIC MOUTH WASH FORMULATED BY T. ROBERTS BAKER PRM OF RICHMOND, V.A. IN BOTTLES 25C, 50C AND $1.00 [on back] SYNOPSIS OF A WELL-KNOWN ARTICLE ON TOOTH POWDER BY DR. E.L. GRAVES, D.D.S.
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Meade and Baker's Carbolic Mouth Wash

  Bottle of Meade and Baker's Carbolic Mouth Wash made by the Meade and Baker Co. of New York and Saint Louis, formerly of Richmond, VA. [on box] MEADE & BAKER'S CARBOLIC MOUTH WASH / ALCOHOL 42% / TRADE MARK REGISTERED IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE / HELPS TO HEAL GUMS AND SKIN ABRASIONS. TENDS TO DESTROY MANY DISEASE GERMS. CLEANSES TEETH, MOUTH AND THROAT. PLEASANT TO THE TASTE / A SAFE AND EFFICIENT APPLICATION FOR THE DISINFECTION OF DECAYED TEETH AND DISEASED GUMS / PRICE 25 CENTS / MEADE & BAKER CARBOLIC MOUTH WASH CO. / OFFICES NEW YORK SAINT LOUIS / FORMERLY OF RICHMOND, VA. C.H. DAVIDSON AND F.M. DAVIDSON, PROPRIETORS [trademark NOTICE on back of box, DIRECTIONS FOR USE and THE CARE OF THE TEETH on sides] [additional text on bottle label, including DIRECTIONS FOR USE and FORMULATED BY J. ROBERTS BAKER, PRM. possible trademark on cap] [with advertisement]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Dr. Hand's Teething Lotion

  Empty bottle of Dr. Hand's Teething Lotion made by: HAND MEDICINE CO., PHILADELPHIA, P.A. SUCCESSOR TO D B. HAND, M.D. [glass with paper label]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  The Long Climb: From Barber-Surgeons to Doctors of Dental Surgery (cover only)

  Philias R. Garant, DMD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Periodontics & Implant Dentistry, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine. vii, 488 pages : illustrations . 24 cm. Image from Amazon.com.
  Date: 2013
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  Forhan's Toothpaste Advertisement in Pictorial Review

  Advertisement for Forhan's toothpaste in Pictorial Review with floating smiles and tripartite image depicting woman looking at films with dentist, smiling woman, and tube of Forhan's: ONLY A DENTIST WOULD DEMAND SUCH EXCELLENCE IN A DENTIFRICE [label text in image at far-right] FORHAN'S / A PREPARATION FROM THE FORMULA OF RJ FORHAN DDS / New York / FOR MASSAGING GUMS AND CLEANING TEETH / PREPARED FOR THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE DENTAL PROFESSION / UNDER AUTHORITY BY / FORHAN CO. NEW YORK, N.Y. U.S.A. / ANY MOUTH MAY HAVE PYORRHEA AND AT FORTY THE ODDS ARE 4 OUT OF 5 [in color.]
  Date: 11049
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  Klenzo Dental Crème Advertisement in The Saturday Evening Post

  Advertisement for Klenzo Dental Crème in The Saturday Evening Post, p. 78, depicting a young girl brushing teeth: WHITE TEETH WITH KLENZO / KLENZO DENTAL CRÈME [on tube] A Rexall PRODUCT / 25¢ / IN CANADA 35¢ [in color]
  Date: 7378
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  Pepsodent Toothpaste Advertisement in Look

  Advertisement for Pepsodent toothpaste in Pictorial Review depicting glamorous woman looking in mirror; large text reads: ITS CLEANER, BRIGHTER TASTE MEANS CLEANER, BRIGHTER TEETH -- NEW PEPSODENT TOOTH PASTE WITH IRIUM REMOVES THE FILM THAT MAKES YOUR TEETH LOOK DULL! / PEPSODENT / USE TWICE A DAY -- SEE YOUR DENTIST TWICE A YEAR [in color].
  Date: 1946
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  Ipana Toothpaste Advertisement in Pictorial Review

  Advertisement for Ipana toothpaste in Pictorial Review, depicting elegant restaurant scene and menu; large text reads: NEARLY EVERY FOOD ON THE MENU IS AN ENEMY OF YOUR GUMS / NO WONDER YOU HAVE PINK TOOTHBRUSH / START USING IPANA TODAY! [below image] COPR. 1932, BRISTOL-MEYERS CO. [in color]
  Date: 1932
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  The Teeth: Their Care and Preservation

  Pamphlet entitled, THE TEETH THEIR CARE AND PRESERVATION, published by E. W. Hoyt & Co, makers of Rubifoam toothpaste; cover image of young girl with three cats. copyright 1901. [in color. 16 pages]
  Date: 1901
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  Bernard's Golden Dentilave Dental Card

  Dental trade card for Bernard's Golden Dentilave depicting a smiling man with white teeth beside a giant bottle of product, women admiring bottle. [on front] THE NEW TOOTH WASH [on bottle] BERNARD'S GOLDEN DENTILAVE A PLEASANT TOOTH AND MOUTH WASH [in gothic script] ENTIRELY FREE FROM ALL DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES / PREPARED BY E. FOUGERA & CO. NEW YORK. [sepia. back of card is blank]
  Date: circa 1872-1901
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  Ricksecker's Dentaroma Dental Trade Card with Children

  Dental trade card for Ricksecker's Dentaroma depicting three babies in chairs brushing teeth, product shown. text reads: NO! WE CAN NEVER BE PERSUADED TO USE ANYTHING FOR OUR TEETH BUT RICKSECKER'S DENTAROMA [in color. back of card is blank]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Postcard reproduction of Pâte Dentifrice du Docteur Pierre Poster

  Postcard reproduces a poster of advertisement for Pâte Dentifrice du Docteur Pierre depicting young girl in robe holding object in left hand, with toothbrush and basin. [on front] PATE DENTIFRICE DU DOCTEUR PIERRE DE LA FACULTE DE MEDECINE DE PARIS / EN VENTE PARTOUT [on back] MAURICE BOUTET DE MONVEL (FRENCH. 1851-1913): POSTER FOR DR. PIERRE'S TOOTHPASTE, CA. 1896 / FROM ART NOUVEAU POSTER POSTCARDS IN FULL COLOR © 1982 BY DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.] [in color]. Publisher of original poster by Société de Publications d'Art Devarenne & Cie. Translation of French text: Toothpaste of Doctor Pierre of the College of Medicine of Paris / On sale everywhere.
  Date: 1982
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  Advertising card for Dr. G.E. Hill, Albany Dentist

  Advertising card for Dr. G. E. Hill, depicting snowy country lane with houses and trees. [on front] DR. G. E. HILL, Albany Dentist, ROCHESTER, N.Y. / BINGHAMTON, N.Y. /WILKESBARRE, PA. / PATERSON, N.J. / SYRACUSE, N.Y. / BUFFALO, N.Y. / SCRANTON, PA. / 154 WEST FOURTH ST., CINCINNATI, O. [price list and addresses for offices on back] [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Ivory Polish Dental Trade Card with Girl

  Dental trade card for Ivory Polish depicting young woman in eighteenth-century dress, holding dove. [on front] BRIGHT, CLEAN TEETH. IVORY POLISH FOR THE TEETH / PERFUMES THE BREATH. DRUGGISTS KEEP IT. [advertisements on back for IVORY POLISH FOR THE TEETH and DR. MCLANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS / PREPARED BY FLEMING BROTHERS, PITTSBURGH, PA.] [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Advertising Card for The Painless Dentists, Rochester, NY

  Advertising card for The Painless Dentists, depicting man and woman snowshoeing. [on front] THE PAINLESS DENTISTS, 170 EAST MAIN STREET, ROCHESTER, N.Y. / SNOWSHOEING [numbered 50 in lower left corner; artist's initials in lower right corner] [advertisement on back for THE PAINLESS DENTISTS / DR. M. F. MCMULLEN, MANAGER] [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Replica Royal Vinolia Tooth paste Dental Trade Card

  Replica of dental trade card for Royal Vinolia Tooth Paste depicting four boys in pajamas armed with toothbrushes behind large tube of Royal Vinolia Tooth Paste. [on front] BY APPOINTMENT SOAPMAKERS TO H. M. THE KING [emblem with lions] ROYAL VINOLIA TOOTH PASTE / VINOLIA CO LTD. LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK. ARMED TO THE TEETH. [on back: reminder card for THE SMILE CENTRE (MIDDLESEX)] [in color]
  Date: circa late twentieth century
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  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]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Pike's Toothache Drops Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Pike's Toothache Drops depicting male dentist and female patient. [on front] USE PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS AND SAVE YOUR TEETH. C.N. CRITTENTON, PROPRIETOR, NEW YORK. [advertisements on back for HALE'S HONEY OR HOREHOUND AND TAR / GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP / JAPANESE CORN FILE / HILL'S HAIR DYE / HAIR REVIVUM / PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS THE ONE MINUTE CURE. PRICE 25 CENTS [at bottom] C. N. CRITTENTON, NEW YORK, PROPRIETOR OF ALL ABOVE-NAMED PROPERTIES] [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Advertising Card for Dr. Barlow

  Advertising card for Dr. Barlow depicting pig pursued by firecrackers, running and showing teeth. [on front] DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES DR. BARLOW, 306 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN A SPECIALTY. [artist's signature with date on front of card] [in color; back of card is blank]. Date from creator statement on front of card.
  Date: circa 1881
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  Advertising Card for Dr. Barlow

  Advertising card for Dr. Barlow depicting dog with pail tied to its tail, running and showing teeth. [on front] DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. DR. BARLOW, 306 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN A SPECIALTY. [artist's signature with date on front of card] [in color. back of card is blank]. Date from creator statement on front of card.
  Date: circa 1881
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  Advertising Card for Dr. Barlow

  Advertising card for Dr. Barlow depicting dog with pot tied to its tail, running and showing teeth. [on front] DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. DR. BARLOW, 306 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN A SPECIALTY. [artist's signature with date on front of card] [in color. back of card is blank]. Date from creator statement on front of card.
  Date: circa 1881
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  Card Showing Tooth Extraction, with Advertisement on Back

  Comic card depicting a man seated with open mouth and a young boy prone with giant forceps and tooth, his chair overturned. [on front] COPYRIGHT BY M. MARQUES / C'EST FAIT! [on back] COMPLIMENTS OF SHEPARD NORWELL & CO. WINTER STREET BOSTON [in color]. Translation of French text: It's done!
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Card Showing Tooth Extraction, with Advertisement on Back

  Comic card depicting a man with white, swollen face wrapped in cloth facing a young boy, standing and holding giant forceps toward man. [on front] COPYRIGHT BY M. MARQUES / VOICI LE REMÈDE. [on back] THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.'S BRANCH HOUSES IN THE U.S. / HEAD-QUARTERS, 35 AND 37 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK. P. O. BOX 290. [with directory of addresses] [in color]. Translation of French text: Here is the remedy.
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Card Showing Tooth Extraction, with Advertisements on Back

  Comic card depicting a man seated in chair with white, swollen face wrapped in cloth and a young boy standing on another chair with giant forceps, looking inside the man's mouth. [on front] COPYRIGHT BY M. MARQUES / EST-CE CELLE-CI? [on back] THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.'S BRANCH HOUSES IN THE U.S. / HEAD-QUARTERS, 35 AND 37 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK. P. O. BOX 290. [with directory of addresses] [in color]. Translation of French text: Is it this one?
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Card Showing Tooth Extraction, with Advertisements on Back

  Comic card depicting a young boy with giant forceps and man with white, swollen face wrapped in cloth, in pain and pointing to mouth. [on front] COPYRIGHT BY M. MARQUES / EST-CE MOI QUE VOUS DEMANDEZ? [on back] THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.'S BRANCH HOUSES IN THE U.S. / HEAD-QUARTERS, 35 AND 37 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK. P. O. BOX 290. [with directory of addresses] [in color]. Translation of French text: Is it me for whom you ask?
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Ricksecker's Dentaroma Dental Trade Card with Three Women

  Dental trade card for Ricksecker's Dentaroma depicting three women holding toothbrushes and bottles of product. [on front] NO! WE CAN NEVER BE PERSUADED TO USE ANYTHING FOR OUR TEETH BUT RICKSECKER'S DENTAROMA. [Advertisements for RICKSECKER'S DENTAROMA and RICKSECKER'S "MARTHA WASHINGTON" [...] HANDKERCHIEF PERFUME on back, with reproduction of signature of Theo Ricksecker]. [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Sozodont Dental Trade Card with Seated Woman

  Dental trade card for Sozodont depicting a seated woman examining her teeth in a mirror, holding toothbrush and bottle, with container of Sozodont on table. [on front] SOZODONT FOR THE TEETH AND BREATH / I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERY BODY - BLISS [in cursive letters] [at bottom] PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOZODONT, COPYRIGHT 1896 BY B. J. FALK. [on back] [message alluding to the celebrity of the unnamed woman depicted on front of card, with offer of sample from THE PROPRIETORS OF VAN BUSKIRK'S SOZODONT FOR THE TEETH AND BREATH [address] P. O. BOX, 247, NEW YORK. HALL & BUCKEL, PROPRIETORS / NEW YORK / LONDON.] [in color]
  Date: circa 1896
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  Trego's Teaberry Toothwash Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Trego's Teaberry Toothwash depicting a crying baby seated at a table holding a spoon, with plate and pitcher on table; also with woman in doorway [head obscured] carrying tray. Text reads: TREGO'S TEABERRY TOOTHWASH A. M. WILSON, DRUGGIST / NORTH WEST CORNER 9th AND FILBERT STREETS PHILADELPHIA. [artist's signature in lower right corner] [in color. back of card is blank]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Green Butterfly Breathlets Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Breathlets in shape of a green butterfly. Text on front and back reads: BREATHLETS TRADE MARK. [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Red Butterfly Breathlets Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Breathlets in shape of a red butterfly. Text on front and back reads: BREATHLETS TRADE MARK. [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Rubifoam Dental Trade Card with Calendar

  Dental trade card for Rubifoam for the Teeth depicting girl in yellow dress and white lace hat holding calendar. January and February showing floating calendar pages for August, July, March, December, November, and October. [on front] USE RUBIFOAM FOR THE TEETH [on ribbon] LADIES CALENDAR 1889 [on calendar] PERFUMED WITH HOYT'S GERMAN COLOGNE. [advertisements on back for HOYT'S GERMAN COLOGNE and RUBIFOAM FOR THE TEETH] [in color]
  Date: circa 1889
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  Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice Dental Trade Card with Three Women

  Dental trade card for Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice depicting three women in interior scene with bottle of BROWN'S CAMPHORATED SAPONACEOUS DENTIFRICE. [on back] BROWN'S CAMPHORATED SAPONACEOUS DENTIFRICE / FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. 25 CTS. PER BOTTLE. [with] WHAT TO DO TILL THE DOCTOR COMES / KEEP THIS HANDY, IT MAY SAVE A LIFE. [instructions to be followed in case of] SUNSTROKE, CHOKING, [and] FAINTING] [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century