Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream (Colgate & Company)

Advertisement for Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream includes a comic strip showing how using Colgate improved a stage actress' love life. "Kay," in her dressing room, despairs of attracting the one man “who really counts.” She holds a hand mirror and a vase of flowers decorates the room. Outside the dressing room two men in formal wear smoke and chat. “Frank” admits to “Tom” that “Kay’s” breath is offensive and that she should see a dentist. “Kay” overhears this exchange and is crestfallen. She does decide to consult a dentist. In the next frame, a dentist advises “Kay” to use Colgate to solve her mouth odor problems. The following panel shows “Kay’s” African-American maid complementing her mistress on the quality of her teeth’s appearance. The final panel shows “Frank” suggesting to “Kay” to “ditch this party” and look at the moon.

Publication date: 1935-10-13

Size: 19 x 16 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Toothpaste--1930-1940
• Colgate & Company--Products--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Advertisements

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 13, 1935), p. 5
• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 13, 1935), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg