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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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  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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  Purified Charcoal Tooth Paste Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Purified Charcoal Tooth Paste. [on lid] PURIFIED CHARCOAL TOOTH PASTE FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND GUMS, AND PURIFYING THE BREATH / PREPARED BY X. BAZAN PERFUMER / PHILADELPHIA [Rectangular; white ceramic with blue lettering; lacks pot]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  British Antiseptic Dentifrice Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for British Antiseptic Dentifrice. [on lid] BRITISH ANTISEPTIC DENTIFRICE / PREPARED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECIPE OF THE LATE DR. W.T. CONWAY BY HIS IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR T. KIDDER / BOSTON, MASS. / PRICE 50 CTS. [Round; wood with paper label]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Purified Charcoal Tooth Paste Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Purified Charcoal Tooth Paste. [on lid] GENERAL DÉPÔT IN PHILAD[ELPHI]A / PURIFIED CHARCOAL TOOTH PASTE / A NEW DENTIFRICE PREPARED BY JULES HAUËL PERFUMER AND CHEMIST / 120 CHESNUT STREET / PREMIUMS AWARDED [Square; white ceramic with blue lettering; lacks pot]
  Date: circa mid-nineteenth century
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  Dr. Allport's Dentifrice Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Dr. Allport's Dentifrice with trademark showing scales and oil lamp with text: EXPERTO CREDE [on lid] DR ALLPORTS DENTIFRICE FOR CLEANSING BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / PREPARED BY E.H. SARGENT & CO CHEMISTS / CHICAGO [Round. white ceramic with black lettering. number 2 stamped in bottom]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Royce & Esterly's Chlorine Detergent & Orris Dentifrice Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Royce & Esterly's Chlorine Detergent & Orris Dentifrice with trademark showing shield with perching bird [on lid] ROYCE & ESTERLY'S CHLORINE DETERGENT & ORRIS DENTIFRICE FOR CLEANSING & PRESERVING THE TEETH / PREPARED BY W. HAGAN & CO / TROY, N.Y. [Round. cream ceramic with black lettering. lacks pot]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Odonto Tooth Paste Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Odonto Tooth Paste with trademark showing tree with: PURITY / DURABILITY / TRADE MARK [on lid] ODONTO OR OAK BARK AND ORRIS TOOTH PASTE FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH / PREPARED BY HENRY A. CHOATE DRUGGIST / UNDER REVERE HOUSE BOSTON [Round. white ceramic with maroon lettering. stamp in bottom]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Sozodont Powder Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for Sozodont Powder depicting man brushing teeth [on lid] SOZODONT POWDER FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH [inside lid] FRAGRANT SOZODONT POWDER / AS THE TEETH OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO AN ACID OR BILIOUS STOMACH ARE LIABLE TO DISCOLORATION, EXTRA FRICTION IS NECESSARY TO REMOVE IT, AND THIS VEGETABLE POWDER USED WITH A STIFF BRUSH IN CONNECTION WITH [THE?] SOZODONT AS OFTEN AS TWICE A WEEK, WILL SOON [?] TARTAROUS ADHESIONS AND LEAVE THE TEETH [?] WHITE. THE DECAY OF TEETH ARISES FROM MANY CAUSES, BUT PRINCIPALLY FROM EARLY NEGLECT, ILL HEALTH, OR THE INDISCRIMINATE USE OF TOOTH POWDERS CONTAINING MINERALS OR DELETERIOUS ACIDS WHICH GIVE A MOMENTARY WHITENESS TO THE TEETH, WHILE THEY CORRODE AND DESTROY THE ENAMEL. SHOULD THIS BOX OF FRAGRANT POWDER PROVE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE USE OF THOSE WHO REQUIRE THE POWDER MORE FREELY, IT CAN BE HAD IN LARGE BOXES OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND AGENTS FOR THE SOZODONT. HALL & RUCKEL, NEW YORK. [Rectangular. metal colored bronze]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Burrill Tooth Powder Sample in Glass Bottle

  Sample of Burrill Tooth Powder in glass bottle with metal cap [on label] BURRILL TOOTH POWDER / THIS PREPARATION IS CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY PREPARED WITH THE FINEST INGREDIENTS SO AS TO PREVENT SORE & RECEDING GUMS / DELIGHTFULLY AROMATIC / BEAUTIFIES THE TEETH AND ARRESTS DECAY / MANUFACTURED BY / THE NEW ENGLAND LABORATORY CO. LYNN, MASS. / GUARANTEED UNDER THE FOOD & DRUGS ACT JUNE 30, 1906 / REGISTERED OCT 190[6?] / SERIAL NO. 21,666 [on sides] BURRILL'S TOOTH POWDER / N.E. LABORATORY LYNN, MASS.
  Date: circa 1906
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  Dent's Tooth Gum

  Bottle with cork stopper and paper label: DENT'S TOOTH GUM CONTAINS BENZOCAINE, CARBOLIC ACID AND OLEORESIN CAPSICUM, IN A SPECIAL BASE OF COTTON AND WAX / AVERAGE CONTENTS 21 GRAINS / DIRECTIONS / TO RELIEVE THE DISCOMFORT OF PAIN DUE TO EXPOSED CAVITIES, CLEAN THE CAVITY OF THE TOOTH, THEN PRESS FIRMLY INTO IT A PIECE OF GUM THE SIZE REQUIRED. THE GUM MUST NOT BE CHEWED. C.S. DENT & CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO, U.S.A. / PRICE 25 CENTS
  Date: circa 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 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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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
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  Listerated Gum Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Listerated Gum depicting product with label. advertisement text reads: TEN DELICIOUS, SNOW WHITE NUGGETS OF PUREST GUM. SOLD EVERYWHERE / TAKE NO OTHER / CLEANS TEETH, SWEETENS BREATH, PURIFIES MOUTH. ANTISEPTIC / WRAPPED AIR-TIGHT. [on product label] LISTERATED GUM CORPORATION, NEW YORK, U.S.A. A SCIENTIFICALLY COMPOUNDED CHEWING GUM OF HIGHEST QUALITY. [Trademark: number "5" in red triangle. Patent number: 850150.] [picture of girl chewing LISTERATED GUM on back of card: "THE GUM I CHEWS"] [in color]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  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]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Dr. Carman's Dental Aid Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Dr. Carman's Dental Aid depicting men, women, and animals in a straw hut labeled, "DENTALAND." [on front] DR. CARMAN'S DENTAL AID CLEANS AND PRESERVES THE TEETH - STRENGTHENS THE GUMS - PERFUMES THE BREATH, ABSOLUTELY PURE AND HARMLESS. M.A. & G.W. CARMAN, DDS. WASHINGTON, D.C. & N.Y. OUR EXHIBIT AT THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 1882. [Advertisement for CARMAN'S DENTALAID / THE BEST DENTIFRICE on back, TRADE SUPPLIED BY THEO. RICKSECKER, 148 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK, AND JOBBING HOUSES GENERALLY] [black and white]
  Date: circa 1882
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  Ivory Polish Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Ivory Polish depicting young girl in white dress surrounded by clouds. [on front] USE DELICIOUS IVORY POLISH FOR THE TEETH / PERFUMES THE BREATH. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. [Advertisements on back for KIDD'S COUGH SYRUP, FLEMING'S CRUDOFORM LINIMENT, DR. G. M'LANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILS [sic], and J. CRAIG LONG, DRUGS, PERFUMERY & TOILET ARTICLES HOWARD LAKE, MINN.] [in color]
  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
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  Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice Trade Card with Man and Woman

  Dental trade card for Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice depicting man leaning toward woman in short skirt and striped stockings. Text reads: EVERY BODY SHOULD PRESERVE HER TEETH BY USING, BROWN'S CAMPHORATED SAPONACEOUS DENTIFRICE 25 CENTS A BOTTLE. [in color. back of card is blank]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century