Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Pamphlet Proselytizing Preventive Dentistry, by Drs. Morrison and Henry.

Advice on preventive dental care for children, prior to 1900 is scarce. In the 1890s, Drs. Morrison and Henry, two Punxsutawny, Pennsylvania dentists, cogently offered such advice in their promotional pamphlet, along with some lessons on life, as reflected by precious stones.

Opposed to Pain: Antikamnia Chemical Company.

The Antikamnia (AK) Chemical Company founded in 1890, which eventually was renamed The Antikamnia Remedy Company in 1819, was an important medicine company that thrived prior to passage of the 1906 Food and Drug act using smart worldwide marketing. As dangerous as the AK products were, success continued after 1906 by pursuing methods to flout regulations and stick to the marketing methods and legal maneuvering that kept AK sales strong. This article describes the tumultuous history of one of the most successful drug companies between 1890 and well into the 1920s.

Royal advertising toothpaste pot lids.

Royal patronage is not something new. Engraved images of British royalty were used by early toothpaste manufacturers, dentists and perfumiers to convey royal endorsement to boost their product sales in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Packaged in high-quality ceramic pots, these toothpastes and powders promoted cleaning, beautifying and preserving the teeth and gums.

Postcards related to Dentistry: Iron-Jaw Acts and aPromotional Optical Illusion.

Demonstrable feats of strength and valor using the teeth are found throughout many aspects of newsworthy items and social encounters in history past. Likewise, promotional opportunities relative to the dentition were also common. This article addresses many of these sensationalistic scenarios that were found on postcards related to dentistry in the early 1900s.

Unusual Dentists' Advertisements from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

The 1932 Olympiad in Los Angeles was not only transformative to the City of Los Angeles but also successful due to the efforts of several dedicated men. The Games were promoted by selected publicity that involved certain types of print media including stamps produced by the United States Postal Service. Advertising "seals" involved a vast number of businesses and products and all this added up to make the depression era Olympic Games successful.

19th Century Deciduous Tooth Boxes from France and Belgium.

An encounter 50 years ago led to an interesting collection of tooth boxes. This paper will highlight many of those unique treasures emanating from Northwestern Europe.

The Most Reliable Remedy for Man or Beast Ever Before the Public!

A unique "miracle cure-all" developed for both Man or Beast that was available from the mid-1800s into the 20 century is highlighted with some interesting anecdotal perspectives.

Mechanical Dentistry: George Derby, An Unknown Artist, and Rube Goldberg.

For more than a century, at least, tooth extraction by ingenious mechanical contraptions has piqued the interest and imagination of illustrators, especially cartoonists. George Derby, an unknown British talent, and Ruben Garrett Lucius "Rube" Goldberg all dabbled in oral surgical mechanical humor.

Thomas Shields Henderson - Brooklyn Dentist and Irish Nationalist.

An unusual card advertising the dental services of T.S. Henderson revives the story of an Irish dentist who left his homeland and came to Brooklyn, New York to practice.

Dear Sis: An 1844 Letter From a Young Connecticut Dentist.

In 1844, Queen Victoria was 7 years into her 63-year reign of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. John Tyler was 10th president of the United States, to be followed by the 11th president, by James K. Polk in March of 1845.

ODOL MUNDVASSER and ZAHNPASTA: Part II - International Success.

In Part I of we described how in 1892, Dresden's Karl August Lingner (1861-1916), produced and marketed Professor Bruno Richard Seifert's (1861-1919) invention of Odol Mouthrinse, and subsequently Odol Toothpaste. The focus of Part I was how Lingner's Company used "aeronauticak" postcard advertising, ie., dirigibles and airplanes of the times, to advertise their products.

ODOL MUNDVASSER and ZAHNPASTA: Part I-von Stuck, PUCCINI, and up in the AIR.

Professor Bruno Richard Seifert (1861-1919) (Fig.1), a renowned German chemist, invented a mouthwash that combined an antiseptic with essential oils. (https://second.

Drs. H. Reid Staley and G.M. Brown and Their "Banner Lady" Advertisements.

In the late 1800s ladies were portrayed on "Cabinet Cards" to serve as photographic advertisements that appealed to the needs of the public…in today's world a veritable walking internet display of goods and services.

Gehrig Brothers Electo-motor Teething Necklace.

Victorian era patent medicines to soothe discomfort from teething infants worked well because they contained dangerous pain killing drugs such as narcotics and alcohol. Relief from teething discomfort can also be achieved for a teething infant by the baby chewing on various objects such as hard teething rings or teething necklaces. This report offers some historical perspective on infant teething and describes and pictures a well-marketed German teething necklace of the 19th century.

Luther Franklin Locke, M.D.: 19th Century Children's Dentistry Advocate.

Charles B. Hammond, M.D.

Pediatric Oral Surgery in France, Circa 1904.

In 1904, Mr. Maurice Lemaistre of Bermonville, France received four postcards at his home (Chez Monsieur Lemaistre) from family (Par Famille). The reverse of one of those "CARTE POSTALES" is shown in Figure 1.

Early Dental Trade Card Printed on Silk.

The French dentist Désirabode was the author of in 1843, in two volumes.

Early Dental Trade Card with Unusual Logo.

James Washington Bartlett (1839-1910, FAG Memorial #124715057) was born in Derby Line, Orleans County, Vermont to Nathaniel Bartlett (1791-1866), a harness maker, and Martha Pinkham Bartlett (1798-1847). Little is known about his youth nor his education. He was evidently preceptor trained in dentistry but we were unable to determine with whom.

Early Dental Trade Card Metamorphic Before and After.

In the late 18th and early 19th century American-trained dentists were perceived by the public to be superior to locally trained dentists in many parts of Europe. Some individuals traveled to the United States for training. Other dentists simply claimed falsely to have an American degree or received one through the mail from one of several dental school diploma mills operating in the United States.

Victorian Era Preventive and Children's Dentistry, By George!

Dr. George C. Ainsworth and Dr.

Victorian Era Kitten Cuisine?

Humphrey Bogart's mother (Fig. 1) undoubtedly had a strange sense of humor. How else can one explain Maud Humphrey's bizarre image, on a stock trade card, of a lovely little lass dressed up in her Sunday best lighting the flame under a chafing dish containing two adorable kittens (Figs.

Early Dental Trade Card for a Dentist & Cupper.

Very few "Dentist AND Cupper" trade cards are known and this is the only illustrated one known to the authors. "Mr. Glissan, Dentist and Cupper, 147 Blackfriars Road, (London), Teeth extracted for the Poor Gratuitously.

Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam: A Rebus Mystery Solved (Almost).

The term rebus is exemplified in Figure 1. "Two bee oar knot two bee" is an easy rebus to figure out, while others are much more challenging. A simple definition of this unique concepts is; Along with hidden image puzzle cards, some purchasers of Victorian Era advertising used rebus puzzle cards to challenge peoples' abilities.

"BEIM ZAHNARZT": An 1899 Viennese Incisor Implant: A Case Report.

About 122 years ago, in Vienna, a dandy fellow wearing a top hat and Sunday-go-to-church custom-fitted suit, presented to a dentist for treatment. The gentleman's chief complaint was that he was "missing an upper front tooth and even when I'm dressed to the nines, none of my lady friends would go out to dinner and dancing with me"(Fig. 1).