Oraline Paste - the Peerless Dentifrice

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

maker

Penwalt Corporation. S.S. White Dental Health Products

Description

An inscription on the cardboard case reads in part “THE PEERLESS / DENTIFRICE / A Delightful, Wholesome, and Efficient / Toilet Article. / TRADE-MARK / ORALINE PASTE / Registered Feb. 7, 1899. / PREPARED BY / The S. S. White / Dental Manufacturing Co. / Chestnut Street, Corner of Twelfth / PHILADELPHIA.”

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Penwalt Corporation, S.S. White Division

ID Number

1981.0752.01

accession number

1981.0752

catalog number

1981.0752.01

Object Name

toothpaste

oral hygiene product

Other Terms

Tooth Paste; Oral Hygiene; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Measurements

overall: 4 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 in; 11.1125 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.54 cm

place made

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

See more items in

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-9021-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_730949