LC control no. | n 85015715 |
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Corporate name heading | Colgate-Palmolive Company |
Variant(s) | Colgate-Palmolive Colgate Palmolive Co. |
See also | Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company |
Found in | Molecular basis of oral microbial adhesion, 1985: pref. (Colgate Palmolive Co.) LC data base, 6-24-85 (hdg.: Colgate-Palmolive Company; usage: Colgate-Palmolive) Its WWW home page, Sept. 21, 1999 (Colgate & Company founded 1806 by William Colgate as starch, soap, and candle business in NYC; Peet Brothers, a soap company, founded in Kansas City in 1872; Colgate operations moved to Jersey City in 1910 and name changed to Colgate Company; in 1898 Palmolive Soap introduced by B.J. Johnson Soap Company; in 1916 the latter changed its name to Palmolive Company; in 1926 Palmolive Company and Peet Brothers merged to form Palmolive-Peet Company; in 1928 Colgate merged with Palmolive-Peet to form Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company; present name: Colgate-Palmolive Company adopted in 1953) |