TOOTHPASTE IN A TUBE IS BORN
Dr. Washington Wentworth Sheffield was a well respected dentist and dental surgeon from New London, Connecticut. In 1850, he created a new tooth cleaning product called toothpaste, replacing the tooth powders that were common at that time. His only problem was "what to put it in"?
Along came Dr. Lucius T. Sheffield, Dr. Sheffields son. Lucius was studying in Paris when he came upon parisian artists preparing their paint palettes. He realized the collapsible tubes they used to squeeze paint onto palettes could be used to squeeze his father's new toothpaste onto a toothbrush in a sanitary manner. Toothpaste in a tube was born.