Jar
Classification:
Date:
1880-1930
Medium:
Ceramic, paper
Dimensions:
1 7/8 x 3 in. diameter
Description:
This small white round ceramic box held tooth paste. It reads in reddish-brown "Odonto,/ Oak Bark Orris Tooth Paste/ For Whitening and Preserving/ the Teeth/ Prepared by Henry A. Choate/ Druggist/ Under Revere House, Boston". A paper label encircles the base with instructions for use.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.706
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Packet
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Foil, cellophane
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
This white packet with black and red lettering hold tooth powder. It reads "Professional Sample/ Craig-Martin/ Ammoniated/ Tooth Powder/ Comfort Mfg. Company/ Chicago. Illinois", with directions for use on the back
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.705
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
47660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box with Tin
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
Box: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.; Tin: 1 1/2 x 7/8 in. oval
Description:
This blue and white box holds a tin of tooth powder. It reads "Phillips'/ Milk of Magnesia/ Toothpowder/ The Chas. H. Phillips Co. Division /of Sterling Drugs Inc./ New York, N.Y." The cream colored tin inside reads the same as the box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.704
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1898-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
2 1/4 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
This tiny glass bottle has a cork top wrapped in gold foil. The label reads "Colgate & Co./ New York/ Antiseptic Dental Powder/ For Cleansing and Whitening the Teeth". On the back is a tax revenue stamp for 1898 and a rubber stamp for 1900.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.703
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
47658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Canister
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
This tiny cardboard canister with blue red and green writing holds tooth powder. It reads "Ingram/ ammonium ion/ Tooth Powder". Sample made by "Bristol- Meyers Co., New York, N.Y.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.702
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
47657
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
3/4 x 1 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
This tiny clear glass bottle with a blue metal cap holds pink tooth powder. It reads "Koral/ Bicarb-Action/ Tooth Powder/ Sample", on the front with directions for use as a "Dentifrice" and "Mouth Bath" on each side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.701
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47656
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tin
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
This small green tin held tooth powder. It reads "Calox/ The Oxygen/ Tooth Powder/ McKesson & Robbins/ New York". See 2002.1.699 for tin with box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.700
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47655
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This cold cream jar is made of milk glass with the stopper still sealed onto the bottle. It has a paper label in blue and red that reads "Lanoline Cold Cream/ Vereinigte/ Chemische Werke, A.G./ Lanoline Works/ Martinikenfelde/ near Berlin" on the front and on the back instructions for use in English.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.460
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This perfume bottle has a hand-finished acid-etched or ground stopper lip with glass stopper. It has a paper label in white, gold, blue and red that reads "Hazard, Hazard & Co./ Toilet No. 6/ Cologne Water/ Distilled by/ Hazard, Hazard & Co./Successor to/ Caswell, Hazard & Co./Chemists/New York" and is decorated with shields and pinecones. The back of the glass is embossed "Hazard, Hazard & Co./ Chemists/ New York & New Port, R.I."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.459
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Glass, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Irregular: 4 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Description:
These two perfume bottles are shaped like opera glasses with each optic a separate bottle connected by a brass-colored metal framework. Paper labels on the top of each bottle read "Bradley's/ Opera Bouquet/ Cologne/ New York."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.458
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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