Colgate
Published October 3, 2008 | 
1986 ad for Colegate.
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Colgate Acti Brush
Published September 25, 2008 | 1991 Colgate Acti Brush advert.
In 1806, William Colgate, himself a soap and candle maker, opened up a starch, soap, and candle factory on Dutch Street in New York City under the name of “William Colgate & Company”. In the 1840s, the firm began selling individual bars in uniform weights. In 1857, William Colgate died and the company was reorganized as “Colgate & Company” under the management of Samuel Colgate, his son. In 1872, Colgate introduced Cashmere Bouquet, a perfumed soap. In 1873, the firm introduced its first toothpaste, an aromatic toothpaste sold in jars. His company sold the first toothpaste in a tube, Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream, in 1896. By 1908 they initiated mass selling of toothpaste in tubes. His other son, James Boorman Colgate, was a primary trustee of Colgate University (formerly Madison University). Continue reading
Sensodyne
Published September 18, 2008 | 1988 commercial for Sensodyne toothpaste.
Mentadent Gel
Published August 1, 2008 | Mentadent Gel advert from 1982 with a number of children on board a plane. If you look closely you will see one of these kids is the Spice Girl herself Ms, Emma Bunton (Baby Spice).
Posted in Hygiene/Grooming | 
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Leave a commentUltra Brite
Published July 21, 2008 | Ultra Brite tooth paste dating from 1978. Currently Ultra Brite is an American toothpaste and tooth-whitener marketed by Colgate-Palmolive in the United States. Ultra Brite gained popularity during the 1980′s with a commercial that stated, “Ultrabrite gives your mouth…[pling]…sex appeal!”
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