Object Details
- Zonite Products Corporation. Forhan Division
- Description
- Richard Joseph Forhan (1866-1965) was a graduate of the Denver School of Dentistry who practiced in Denver for 18 years. Moving to New York in 1913, Forhan began manufacturing a dentifrice under his own name. Zonite bought Forhan's firm in 1929, and moved it to New Brunswick soon thereafter. Obituaries noted that Forhan “Made Fortune in ‘20s With Toothpaste He Developed.” The labels on this metal container read “FORHAN’S / TRADEMARK / TOOTH / POWDER” and “FORHAN COMPANY, INC. / New Brunswick, New Jersey.”
- Ref: “RICHARD FORHAN, DENTIST, IS DEAD,” New York Times (Dec. 26, 1965), p. 68.
- 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
- ID Number
- 1985.0481.402
- accession number
- 1985.0481
- catalog number
- 1985.0481.402
- Object Name
- oral hygiene product
- tooth powder
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 13.335 cm x 6.6675 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, New Brunswick
- 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_1450478
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f258-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
