Dental Floss
Object Details
- Description
- Dental floss in a glass vial with metal screw cap and paper label that reads “STANDARD / DENTAL FLOSS / 150 YARDS / WAXED / PURE SILK / STANDARD Dental Products / Philadelphia, Pa.” This firm was in business by the early 1930s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Doris H. Bratten (Mrs. Roscoe C. Bratten, D.D.S.)
- ID Number
- MG.312608.106
- catalog number
- 312608.106
- accession number
- 312608
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- dental floss
- Other Terms
- Dentistry
- Measurements
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.3025 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_725090
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5f3d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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