Wrapper

Object Name:

Wrapper

Object ID:

1992.063.207

Place of Origin:

Farmington, NH

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Packaged medicine, Roberts Peavey, Farmington, NH. Roll of liver pills in white paper wrapper. Paper imprinted, "R. P. / Little / Liver / Pills. / Price / 25 Cents. / For Headache, / Dizziness, Biliousness, / Torpid Liver, / Constipation, and / Sallow Skin. / ROBERTS PEAVEY, / Druggists Stationers, / 21 Main Street, / Farmington, N. H." Full package, never opened.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

L-2.8 Dia-0.5 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 also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugs