Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

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• Pamphlet entitled Good Teeth, by L.T. Sheffield, DMD

  Pamphlet entitled Good Teeth, by L.T. Sheffield, DMD, B.F. Allen Company, No. 365 Canal Street, New York, copyright 1894 (B.F. Allen Company); with pot of Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice
  Date: circa 1894

• Pamphlet entitled Bad Teeth, by L.T. Sheffield, DMD

  Pamphlet entitled Bad Teeth, by L.T. Sheffield, DMD, 26 West 32nd Street, New York, copyright 1896; with pot of Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice.
  Date: circa 1894
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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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  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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  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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  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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  Aromatic Cartridges for the Breath Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Aromatic Cartridges for the Breath depicting a man wearing breeches and hat with tassels holding gun with bayonet, artillery shell on ground behind him. [on front] AROMATIC CARTRIDGES FOR THE BREATH. [on back] "PERFECTION." THE AROMATIC CARTRIDGE AN EFFICIENT AND DELICIOUS BREATH PURIFIER. THE LONG CONTINUED USE OF THIS BREATH PURIFIER THROUGHOUT EUROPE IS A SUFFICIENT GUARANTEE OF ITS UNDOUBTED MERIT. IT IS ELEGANT IN APPEARANCE, PLEASANT TO THE TASTE AND PERFECTLY HEALTHFUL. NO LADY'S OR GENTLEMAN'S TOILET IS COMPLETE WITHOUT IT. MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY THOMAS S. FURNISS & CO. DETROIT, MICH. [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century