Thymoldent
Thymoldent
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- Description
- Glass container with metal cap, and paper label with inscription that reads in part “Thymoldent / (time-o-dent)” and “Trade-Mark applied for / THE THYMOLDENT DENTIFRICE CO. / 1510 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.” The firm was in business by 1901, and chartered as a corporation in 1902.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- tooth powder
- Other Terms
- Dentrifice; Oral Hygiene; Personal Hygiene Products
- date made
- after 1914
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- hydrate of magnesia (drug active ingredients)
- eucalyptol (drug active ingredients)
- menthol (drug active ingredients)
- oil of gaultheria thymol (drug active ingredients)
- oil of rose (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 2 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 2002.0138.092
- accession number
- 2002.0138
- catalog number
- 2002.0138.092
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Grodanz, David's Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- subject
- Dental Products
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
- Beauty and Health
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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