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Flask, Pocket

Object Name:
Flask, Pocket
Object ID:
1992.063.191
Date:
circa 1930
Description:
Pocket flask. Colorless glass. Narrow, curved body with embossed diagonal lines on both faces. Embossed on bottom: "UNIVERSAL / PAT'D FEB 8 1927". Metal screw cap with cork liner.
Material:
Glass
Metal
Dimensions:
H-5.4 W-3.4 D-1.3 inches
Provenance:
Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to library (1992-068.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
Subjects:
Pharmacies, Pharmacists
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