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  California Tooth Tablet Dental Pot Lid

  Dental pot lid for California Tooth Tablet with C P Co trademark in upper right corner, with "EUREKA." [on lid] CALIFORNIA TOOTH TABLET MAKES THE TEETH PEARLY WHITE, AND THE GUMS HARD AND HEALTHY / REMOVES THE TARTAR, ARRESTS DECAY, STRICTLY PURE. CALIFORNIA PERFUME CO. NEW YORK / [?] BY CALIFORNIA PERFUME CO. UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT JUNE 30, 1906. SERIAL NO 3[8?]09 [at edges of lid] WET THE BRUSH / RUB ON THE TABLET AND APPLY / USE FLANNEL FOR / TENDER GUMS, UNTIL HEALED [at edges of bottom] CALIFORNIA TOOTH TABLET / MOST PERFECT DENTIFRICE [Rectangular; metal lid colored green and gold, with glass bottom]
  Date: circa 1906
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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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  Fritzsche Brothers Clove Oil

  Glass bottle of Fritzsche Brothers clove oil with cork stopper. [on label] FRITZSCHE BROTHERS, INC / NEW YORK / ESSENTIAL OILS AND AROMATIC CHEMICALS / BASIC PERFUME AND FLAVOR RAW MATERIALS / FOR MANUFACTURING AND PROFESSIONAL USE ONLY [on back of bottle] PACKAGED EXPRESSLY FOR TOWNS & JAMES INC. [with Fritzsche Brothers trademark] [manuscript text on front label] 1 OZ / NY[?] [on bottom of bottle] 13 7345
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  Cook Laboratories Syringe with Breech Lock Loading, circa 1930

  Cook Laboratories syringe with breech lock loading. [on syringe] MADE BY COOK LAB. INC. NEW YORK / CARPULE
  Date: circa 1930
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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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  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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  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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  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