Listerated Pepsin Gum

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Description (Brief):

Oval pin with metal pin-back advertising the Common Sense Gum Company's Listerated Pepsin Gum. In red and blue print, it carries the trademark of a pyramid with a "10" inside, and the phrase, "I am germ proof."

Date Made: ca 1912

Advertiser: Common Sense Gum CompanyMaker: Ehrman Mfg. Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Chemistry, Celluloid, Advertising

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0098.0111Accession Number: 2006.0098Catalog Number: 2006.0098.0111

Object Name: pinCelluloid Pin

Physical Description: cellulose nitrate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2.7 cm x 3.3 cm; 1 1/16 in x 1 5/16 inoverall: 2 5/16 in x 3/16 in x 1/8 in; 5.87375 cm x .47625 cm x .3175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f4bf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1317009

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