Object Details
- Wernet Dental Manufacturing Co.
- Description
- The inscription on this tin reads in part “Dr. Wernet’s / PROPHYLACTIC / TOOTH POWDER / CHEMICALLY COMPOUNDED / BY AN EXPERT / ENDORSED BY LEADING DENTISTS / SOLE MANUFACTURERS / THE DR. WERNET TOOTH POWDER CO. LTD. / PHILADELPHIA, PA. U.S.A.” Dr. George L. Wernet (1873-1934) was an entrepreneurial dentist in Philadelphia who promoted preventive dentistry. The Wernet Manufacturing Co. began in business in 1906.
- Ref: George L. Wernet, “Powder Dispensing Device,” U.S. Patent 722,784 (March 17, 1903).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael R. Harris in memory of Everett Jackson
- ID Number
- 1988.0717.55
- catalog number
- 1988.0717.55
- accession number
- 1988.0717
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- tooth powder
- Other Terms
- Powder, Tooth; Oral Hygiene; Personal Hygiene
- Physical Description
- metal (container material)
- yellow (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.4925 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
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1061063
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f6fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
