Object Details
- Lyon, I. W.
- Description
- Small wide-mouth glass jar with embossed inscription reading “DR. I. W. LYONS / TOOTH POWDER / NEW YORK.” Israel Whitney Lyon studied dentistry in New York, joined the gold rush to California, and returned east after the Civil War. He was selling I. W. Lyons’ Tooth Tablets by 1866, and I. W. Lyons’ Tooth Powder by 1874. He obtained a patent (#135,924) for “dentists’ stools” in 1873, and another (#445,067) for a “box for tooth powder” in 1891. After Dr. Lyon’s death in 1907, his sons continued the business.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MG.293320.0984
- catalog number
- 293320.0984
- accession number
- 293320
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- tooth powder
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.445 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_1450529
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ef3f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
