Object Details
- Description
- Dental floss in a glass vial with metal screw cap and paper label that reads “12 YARDS / WAXED / THE WORLD’S BEST / STERLING’S / PERFECT PURE SILK / DENTAL FLOSS / (Sterilized) / STERLING SILK COMPANY / NEW YORK, U.S.A.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Betty S. and Joseph H. Dial
- ID Number
- 1999.0319.16
- accession number
- 1999.0319
- catalog number
- 1999.0319.16
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- dental floss
- Other Terms
- Dental Floss; Oral Hygiene; Personal Hygiene Products
- Physical Description
- silk (product material)
- glass (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 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
- Title
- Sterling's Perfect Pure Silk Dental Floss
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1215693
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ad2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
