Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

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  Royal Tooth Paste Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Royal Tooth Paste. [on label] ESTABLISHED 1822 / THE ROYAL TOOTH PASTE PREPARED ONLY BY SMITH & GOVAN CHEMISTS / ST. ANDREWS [emblem with lion and unicorn] DIEU ET MON DROIT / HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE [Square; white ceramic with black lettering]. English translation of French text: GOD AND MY RIGHT / ASHAMED BE HE WHO THINKS EVIL OF IT.
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice with image of girl. [on lid] DR. SHEFFIELD'S CRÊME DENTIFRICE FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND PERFUMING THE BREATH AND PREVENTING DEPOSITS OF TARTAR ON THE TEETH / B.F. ALLEN & CO. SOLE AGENTS. 365 & 367 CANAL ST NEW YORK [on side] SEND FOR PAMPHLET / DR. SHEFFIELD'S TEETH WITHOUT PLATES. 25 WEST 32ND. ST. N.Y. [Round; paperboard with paper labels; brown with white top; contains two pamphlets]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Cherry Tooth Paste for Preserving and Beautifying the Teeth Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid with central vignette of man rowing boat with three passengers [on lid] CHERRY TOOTH PASTE FOR PRESERVING AND BEAUTIFYING THE TEETH / PARIS ET CHAUVIN ET CIE / LONDRES [Round; cream ceramic with black lettering and image; stamp on bottom]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Humphrey's Homœopathic No. 8 for Neuralgia & Toothache

  Bottle with cork stopper and paper label: HUMPHREYS HOMŒOPATHIC NO. 8 NEURALGIA, FACEACHE, NERVOUS PAIN / DOSE, ADULTS 6 CHILDREN 3 PELLETS / HOMŒOPATHIC NO. EIGHT FOR NEURALGIA & TOOTHACHE , LES PAINS, TIC DOULOUREUX. F. HUMPHREYS M.D. [on cork stopper] B. [or] 8.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Advertisement for Gibbs Toothpaste

  Advertisement for Gibbs Pâte Dentifrice depicting laughing woman and vignette of woman brushing teeth with mirror. GIBBS PATE DENTIFRICE / DENTS BLANCHES ETINCELANTES [in color.]. English translation of French text: GIBBS TOOTHPASTE / WHITE SPARKLING TEETH.
  Date: 1946?
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  Advertisement for Baril Toothpaste

  Advertisement for Baril toothpaste depicting French flag with smiling man, child, and woman against blue sky. [bold text] BARIL / LE DENTIFRICE DE FRANCE [text on flag] NICODIOL / LE DENTIFRICE BARIL ANTI-NICOTINE / BABYDENT / LE DENTIFRICE BARIL POUR LES ENFANTS / EMAIL BARIL. / LE DENTIFRICE PRODUIT DE BEAUTE [at lower left] CREATION JOSEPH-CHARLES [In color.]. English translation of French text: BARIL / THE TOOTHPASTE OF FRANCE [text on flag] NICODIOL / THE ANTI-NICOTINE TOOTHPASTE / BABYDENT / THE BARIL TOOTHPASTE FOR CHILDREN / BARIL ENAMEL. / THE COSMETIC TOOTHPASTE.
  Date: 1948
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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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  Eau Dentifrice du Docteur Pierre, Glass Bottle

  Glass bottle with glass stopper [on label] EAU DENTIFRICE DU DOCTEUR PIERRE DE LA FACULTE DE MEDECINE DE PARIS [stamp on back with dragon and letters DP] [412 stamped on bottom of bottle]
  Date: circa nineteenth or early twentieth 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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething depicting woman in nightgown reading to two children in bed. Text of book reads: MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. [1886 calendar and advertisements for Brown's Camphorated Dentifrice in English, German, and French on back] [in color]
  Date: circa 1886