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Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:
Bottle, Medicine
Object ID:
1992.063.226
Place of Origin:
Boston, MA
Date:
circa 1910
Description:
Medicine bottle, Eastern Drug Company, Boston, MA. Clear glass. Cylindrical body and neck. Printed paper label on front, top: "Oil Tansy / Eastern Drug Co., Boston." Printed paper label on front, bottom: "EASTERN DRUG CO. / IMPORTERS AND / WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, / 8 to 20 Fulton St. / BOSTON." Cork stopper. Bottle contains transparent red liquid, about 1/3 full.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-5.4 Dia-2 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
Subjects:
Pharmacies, Pharmacists
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