Dr. Blumers Dentone Tooth Paste

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Description:

The inscription on the cardboard case reads “Dr. Blumers / DENTONE / A / SUPERIOR / TOOTH / PASTE / MAKES / WHITE / TEETH / ITS USE / INSURES / A CLEAN / PURE / MOUTH / LINCOLN CHEMICAL WORKS / CHICAGO.” Robert Blumer (1854-1946), who may have been an immigrant from Germany or Switzerland, established the Robert Blumer Laboratory, on Lincoln Ave., in Chicago. By 1924, now trading as the Lincoln Chemical Works, the firm was manufacturing patent medicines, ointments, pills, tonics, and such.

Maker: Lincoln Chemical Works

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

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: 1982.0030.02Accession Number: 1982.0030Catalog Number: 1982.0030.02

Object Name: oral hygiene producttoothpaste

Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.8575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f1b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1450464

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