Wallet

Object Name:

Wallet

Object ID:

2004.043.213

Place of Origin:

Philadelphia, PA

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Wallet, leather, advertising premium. Four-section folding wallet, dark brown leather. Circular logo imprinted with silver lettering inside top flap: "THE ANTIKAMNIA / CHEMICAL CO. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / U.S.A.", with "AK" monogram. Printed in purple below logo: "F.W. KLINGER, M'F'R / PHILADELPHIA". A flap opens to side, revealing an advertisement imprinted in silver, in shape of American flag: "SAFETY - CERTAINTY - CELERITY / MARK THE EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN / ANALGESIC - ANTIPYRETIC - ANODYNE / ANTIKAMNIA (FINELY POWDERED) / ANTIKAMNIA TABLETS [ingredients] / ANTIKAMNIA CODEINE TABLETS [ingredients] / ANTIKAMNIA QUININE TABLETS [ingredients] / ANTIKAMNIA SALOL TABLETS [ingredients] / ANTIKAMNIA, QUININE SOLOL TABLETS [ingredients]".

Material:

Leather

Dimensions:

H-2.65 W-3.5 D-0.3 inches

Provenance:

From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan

Subjects:

Medicines, Chemical industry, Wallets, Drugs