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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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  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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  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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  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 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
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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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  Jewsbury & Brown's Oriental Toothpaste Dental Trade Card

  Dental trade card for Jewsbury & Brown's Oriental Tooth Paste depicting product surrounded by flowers. Text reads: JEWSBURY & BROWN'S ORIENTAL TOOTH PASTE ENSURES WHITE & SOUND TEETH / ORIENTAL TOOTH PASTE FOR CLEANSING BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / PREPARED BY JEWSBURY & BROWN CHEMISTS [in gothic script] 113 MARKET STREET, MANCHESTER. [Emblem with lion and unicorn on label] [in color. back of card is blank]
  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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  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
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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