Object Details
- Hope, Inc.
- Description
- This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sidney Glaser
- c. 1930s-1940s
- ID Number
- 1985.0481.400
- accession number
- 1985.0481
- catalog number
- 1985.0481.400
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- toothbrush
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 16.51 cm x 2.2225 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_1450128
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ee85-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
