Box, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Box, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 2005.054
- Creator:
- Whitney Company
- Place of Origin:
- Leominster, MA
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Printed cardboard box for horse medicine. Flat, never assembled. Vertical rectangle. Blue exterior with black printing. Front panel: "REWITZER'S / 'ACME' / CONDITION / POWDERS. / FOR HORSES ONLY. / PRICE, per Lb. 50 Cts. / PREPARED ONLY BY / G. E. REWITZER, / NO. STRAFFORD, N. H. / KEEP DRY." Directions on back panel. Caution note on left side panel. Benefits on right side panel. Maker's mark on top side flap: "WHITNEY COMPANY / BOX MFRS / LEOMINSTER, MASS."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-3 D-2 inches
- Provenance:
- George Enos Rewitzer (1869-1948) was well-known in the Strafford-Rochester area as a humorist with a weekly column in the Rochester Courier in the 1920s and 30s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Fredricka B. Olson
- People:
- Rewitzer, George E. (1869-1948)
- Subjects:
- Horses, Veterinary medicine, Box industry
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