Dentray Tooth Powder

Dentray Tooth Powder

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Description
A label of 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
Object Name
oral hygiene product
tooth powder
Other Terms
Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
place made
United States: New York, New York City
Measurements
overall: 3 3/8 in x 2 in x 1 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.4925 cm
ID Number
MG.291116.178.02
accession number
291116
catalog number
291116.178.02
Credit Line
Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
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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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