Dr. I.W. Lyon's Perfect Tooth Powder

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Description:

Tin container with inscriptions that read in part “DR. I. W. LYON’S / PERFECT / TOOTH POWDER / Cleansing & Beaut… / THE TEETH / (TRADE MARK) / AND PURIFYING THE BREATH / PRICE 25 CENTS” and “Manufactured by I. W. Lyon & Sons / 520 West 27th St., New York, U.S.A.” Israel Whitney Lyon studied dentistry in New York, joined the gold rush to California, and returned east after the Civil War. He was selling I. W. Lyons’ Tooth Tablets by 1866, and I. W. Lyons’ Tooth Powder by 1874. He obtained a patent (#135,924) for “dentists’ stools” in 1873, and another (#445,067) for a “box for tooth powder” in 1891. After Dr. Lyon’s death in 1907, his sons continued the business.

Maker: I. W. Lyon's and Sons

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care, Beauty and Health

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.293320.0981Catalog Number: 293320.0981Accession Number: 293320

Object Name: oral hygiene producttooth powder

Measurements: overall: 3 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 4.1275 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7822-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1450595

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