Dental Floss

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Description:

Dental floss in a glass vial with metal screw cap and paper label that reads “STANDARD / DENTAL FLOSS / 150 YARDS / WAXED / PURE SILK / STANDARD Dental Products / Philadelphia, Pa.” This firm was in business by the early 1930s.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Doris H. Bratten (Mrs. Roscoe C. Bratten, D.D.S.)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.312608.106Catalog Number: 312608.106Accession Number: 312608

Object Name: oral hygiene productdental flossOther Terms: Dentistry

Measurements: overall: 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5f3d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_725090

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