Rubifoam Liquid Dentifrice for the Teeth

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Object Details

maker

E.W. Hoyt & Company

Description

Glass jar with paper label that reads in part “RUBIFOAM / CONTENTS 2 FLUID OUNCES / A DELIGHTFULLY FRAGRANT / AND / DELICIOUSLY-FLAVORED / LIQUID DENTIFRICE / FOR THE / TEETH / CONTAINS NO GRIT, NO ACID / NOR ANYTHING INJURIOUS / . . . / E. W. HOYT & CO. / PERFUMERS / LOWELL, MASS. U.S.A.” Eli Waite Hoyt (1838-1887) became proprietor of a drugstore in Lowell, Mass., in 1861, and began making and marketing a German Cologne a few years later. The firm introduced Rubifoam dentifrice in the early 1880s.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of William H. Helfand

ID Number

1980.0428.09

accession number

1980.0428

catalog number

1980.0428.09

Object Name

dentifrice

oral hygiene product

toothpaste, liquid

Other Terms

Oral Hygiene; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid

Measurements

overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 11.43 cm x 6.0325 cm x 2.8575 cm

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Lowell

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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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-47e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_716467