Box, Cigar
- Object Name:
- Box, Cigar
- Object ID:
- 1968.049.27
- Place of Origin:
- Rhode Island
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Wooden cigar box with fancy brass hinges and brass clip fastened at front. Impressed on top of box, "H. P. K's / PHARMACY. / MADE EXPRESSLY FOR / KENDRICK'S DRUG STORE / Long Manicaragua Filler." On front of box, "Imperial". On bottom of box, "Factory No.17 / Dist R, I, / 50". On right end, " 'PHARMACY' ". On bottom and back, revenue stamp and oval label of " 'STANDARD' / CIGAR / COMPANY / FACTORY No. 17, / District, Rhode Island." Lined with yellow paper, printed in red, "Smoke 'H. P. K's Pharmacy' Cigars". Inside cover has same impressed label as outside. Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertising card inside, stamped "H. P. Kendrick / Druggist, / Lebanon, N. H."
- Material:
- Wood
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-8.9 D-5 inches
- Provenance:
- Harlan P. Kendrick, b. Oct. 29, 1848, in Lebanon, NH, d. Nov. 5, 1895. Son of Egbert Senior Kendrick and Emma Wood Kendrick. Opened drug store, 1869.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Kendrick, Harlon P. (1848-1895)
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Cigar industry, Cigars, Pharmacies
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