Oral Happiness Junior

Oral Happiness Junior Club Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Club
Additional Images
Oral Happiness Junior back Club Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Photographs
Health
Text on Button ORAL HAPPINESS JUNIOR ©
Image Description

Photograph of smiling child against a black background with white text around the top of the button.
Back Paper / Back Info

Sole Distributors Ritter Dental Mfg. Co. Inc.
Rochester, N.Y.
Curl Text BASTIAN BROS CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1930s
The Manufacturer
Bastian Bros. Co.
Additional Information

In the 1930s, Oral Society Juniors was club for children under 10 to take proper care of their teeth. Through charts and recordkeeping, parents learned about oral hygiene along with their children. The club was advertised in newspapers to gain more members. During Christmastime, dentists also made wooden toys for the kids to color. After being displayed in a local store, the hand-colored toys were given to the needy.
Sources

(1932, December 22). Made Gifts For Needy Children. Nemaha County Herald (Auburn, Nebraska). P. 1. Retrieved from www.newspapers.com

Hake's - CPB DENTAL #615 AND #616 "I CAN TAKE IT CLUB" AND "ORAL HAPPINESS JUNIOR" BUTTONS.. Hakes.com. (2020). Retrieved from https://www.hakes.com/SaleList/ItemDetail/34119/CPB-DENTAL-615-AND-616-….
Catalog ID CL0377