Object Details
- Description
- Cardboard box with an inscription that reads “DURA-PERL / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / POWDERED / DENTIFRICE / PERMA-PERL / BERG-WILLIAMS CORPORATION / SOLE OWNERS AND DISTRIBUTORS / NEW YORK, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A.” Berg-Williams introduced the term “DURA-PERL” to commerce in 1939 and received a trademark the following year.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael R. Harris in memory of Everett Jackson
- ca 1940s
- ID Number
- 1988.0717.24
- catalog number
- 1988.0717.24
- accession number
- 1988.0717
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- tooth powder
- Other Terms
- Box; Oral Hygiene; Personal Hygiene
- Physical Description
- cardboard (packaging material)
- brown (packaging color)
- glass (container material)
- plastic (container material)
- paper (packaging material)
- metal (container material)
- Measurements
- overall, box: 3 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 9.8425 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
- overall, bottle: 3 3/4 in x 3 in; 9.525 cm x 7.62 cm
- 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
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1060822
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-087d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
