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

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.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
oral hygiene product
tooth powder
maker
I. W. Lyon's and Sons
place made
United States: New York, New York City
Measurements
overall: 3 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 4.1275 cm
ID Number
MG.293320.0981
catalog number
293320.0981
accession number
293320
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Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
Beauty and Health
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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