Finding aid created by: DGI/MM
Date: 2006
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| Feb 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
| Jun 2009 | photos redistributed (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Warner-Lambert Company. |
| Title: | Pro-Brush Image Collection |
| Dates: | 1970s |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Contains 1406 slides of machinery and plastic products of the Pro-Brush company, and 45 color transparencies and 20 fading Polaroid snapshots of models posing with Pro-Brush products. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
The A. P Critchlow Company in Florence, Massachusetts, which made buttons, daguerreotype cases and picture frames, evolved into the Florence Manufacturing Company by 1866. Their premier product, the Pro-phy-lactic toothbrush, occasioned a change in name to the Prophylactic Brush Company. In 1931, it was bought out by the Lambert Company. The Lambert Company merged with Warner-Hudnite Company in 1932 to become Warner-Lambert Prophylactic Division of Standard Oil of Ohio. The abbreviation of "Pro-Brush" was adopted.
The Pro-Brush Image Collection contains 1406 slides of machinery and plastic products of the Pro-Brush company, and 45 color transparencies and 20 fading Polaroid snapshots of models posing with Pro-Brush products.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center has numerous holdings in the areas of plastics and industrial design. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Corporate Bodies
Prophylactic Brush Company.
Warner-Lambert Company -- Archives.
Subjects
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics machinery.
Toothbrushes.
Genres and Forms
Photographs.
Promotional materials.
Slides (photographs)
Transparencies.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Pro-Brush Image Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008.
Slides
Photographs
Printed material
| Slides | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Manufacturing ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Models ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | People ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Plants and buildings ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Products and objects ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Products and objects ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Text and diagrams ca. 1970s | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Polaroids 1970s - models posing with Pro-Brush products | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Transparencies 1970s - models posing with Pro-Brush products transparencies have turned to the reddened stage of deterioration and Polaroids have deteriorated dramatically | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Map-Case 1, Drawer 97 | Florence Manufacturing, "Pro-phy-lactic Brush" ad circa 1910-1924 | ||||||||||