Colgate Dental Cream, 1960

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Toothpaste

Date Made

1960

Creator Notes

Made in the United States. Distributed by Colgate-Palmolive Company of New York, New York.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2025.197.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Toothpaste
Plastic
Cardboard

Color

Red (Color)
Blue (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 1.5 in (Packaging)
Width: 7 in (Packaging)
Length: 1.5 in (Packaging)

Inscriptions

on four sides of box: Colgate / DENTAL CREAM with GARDOL on side of box: "GARDOL" is Colgate-Palmolive Company's Trade Mark for the Active Ingredient: Sodium N Lauroyl Sarcosinate on side of box: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. NEW YORK, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A. NEW WEIGHT 5 OZ. on ends of box: Colgate / KING on end of box in price circle: 89 on end flap: Try / Professionally / Designed / Colgate [R] / Toothbrushes on end flap: Try New / code 10 [R] / HAIR DRESSING / FOR MEN / code 10 on toothpaste tube, front: Colgate [R] / DENTAL CREAM / with GARDOL [R] / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO., New York, N.Y. Net Wt. 5 Oz. / "Colgate" [R] Made in U.S.A. - U.S. Pat. 2,689,170 - 2,772,203 on toothpaste tube, back: Colgate / DENTAL CREAM / with / GARDOL / Gardol [R] for active ingredient / Sodium N-Lauroyl Sarcosinate