Dentray Tooth Powder

Description:

A label on the front of this glass jar reads “DENTRAY / TOOTH POWDER.” That on the back reads in part “DENTRAY / TOOTH POWDER / MADE BY A DENTIST / Purest ingredients, harmless if swallowed. No grit, no pumice-cannot scratch the precious tooth enamel, nor hurt tender gums / . . . / DENTRAY COMPANY, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A.”

David Adolph Eolis (1886-1945) was an immigrant from Russia who settled in New York and identified as a chemist. In 1935, he obtained a patent for a powder dispenser (1,986,718), and a copyright on the term Dentray. In 1939 he obtained a patent for “composition and process of making powder from nacreous substances” (2,172,369).

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

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 Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.291116.178.01Accession Number: 291116Catalog Number: 291116.178.01

Object Name: oral hygiene producttooth powderOther Terms: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.5725 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm

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

Record Id: nmah_731147

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