Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Advertisements
Accession Number
010020559
Description
Single sheet toothbrush advertisement for Firefly Revolving Tooth-Brushes printed on one side in black ink on tan pulp paper; includes line drawings of toothbrush including a side, front view, the hood and brush itself.
Single sheet toothbrush advertisement for Firefly Revolving Tooth-Brushes printed on one side in black ink on tan pulp paper; includes line drawings of toothbrush including a side, front view, the hood and brush itself.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa).
Printed: "FIREFLY! // The Wonderful Revolving Tooth-brush // DESIGNED TO PERFECTLY CLEANSE EVERY PART // OF THE TOOTH" // "THE REVOLVING TOOTH-BRUSH CO. // MANOTICK, ONT. // Distributors // PERFECTION BRUSH CO. // 1118 QUEEN ST. W., TORONTO."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 22
Dimension Notes
Length 22.8 cm x Width 15.2 cm x Depth 0.1cm
Condition Remarks
Paper faded, rectangular sunfaded spot, still like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #5
Research Facts
Companion to 010.020.523 Firefly Revolving Tooth brush. Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008.