Collection Highlights
French press
1812-1819
1943.368
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar, white pine, brass, plaster
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Museum Collections
Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertsing Ephemera
Box with tin
Object name
Box with tin
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Paper, metal
Dimensions
Box: 2 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.; Tin: 2 3/4 x 1 in. diameter
Description
This small green box held tooth powder. It reads "Calox/ The Oxygen/ Tooth Powder/ U.S. Patents Granted May 17, 1904-October 17, 1905/ McKesson & Robbins/ New York". The top and bottom have pictures of Niagara Falls. The tiny tin inside reads the same as the box.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.699
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
