Records, 1885-1972 (bulk 1892-1930).

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Records, 1885-1972 (bulk 1892-1930).

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The surviving records of the Toiletine Company are fragmentary but give a good picture of the peculiar characteristics of marketing patent medicines and toiletries, including the use of hyperbolic "testimonials" and other extravagant claims, as well as some insight into the eccentric and aggressive personalities of persons drawn to the trade.

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Hoyt, Charles Wilson, 1872-1928

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Ulrich, William L., 1885-1932

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Miner, Benjamin F.

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George Batten Company

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Ulrich, Charles Frederic, 1858-1908

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Toiletine Company.

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The Toiletine Company was a small manufacturer of toiletries, patent medicines and flavorings. Its founder and sole proprietor, Benjamin Franklin Miner, began the manufacture of vegetable extracts (including lemon, wintergreen, peppermint, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and rosewater) in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. in 1885. In 1890 he developed "Toiletine", an alcohol-based, anti-inflammatory patent medicine, which he touted as a hand and body lotion, aftershave, and as a gargle for "catarrh." Miller ...

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Batten, George L.

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Rachlen, Samuel M.

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