Dr. Blumers Dentone Tooth Paste

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Lincoln Chemical Works
Description
The inscription on the cardboard case reads “Dr. Blumers / DENTONE / A / SUPERIOR / TOOTH / PASTE / MAKES / WHITE / TEETH / ITS USE / INSURES / A CLEAN / PURE / MOUTH / LINCOLN CHEMICAL WORKS / CHICAGO.” Robert Blumer (1854-1946), who may have been an immigrant from Germany or Switzerland, established the Robert Blumer Laboratory, on Lincoln Ave., in Chicago. By 1924, now trading as the Lincoln Chemical Works, the firm was manufacturing patent medicines, ointments, pills, tonics, and such.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
1982.0030.02
accession number
1982.0030
catalog number
1982.0030.02
Object Name
oral hygiene product
toothpaste
Measurements
overall: 5 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.8575 cm
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
Beauty and Health
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1450464
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f1b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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