Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.234

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Medicine bottle, Samuel Kidder Company, Boston, MA. Clear glass. Long, narrow, cylindrical body. Cylindrical neck. Printed yellow paper label wrapped around bottle, with text running lengthwise: "DR. JONATHAN MOORE'S / ESSENCE / ETHYL ALCOHOL 25% / Formerly / Prepared by ELIJAH E. HAYWARD, Hadley, Mass. / Son-in-law of Dr, Jonathan Moore, from the original Recipe in his / possession. / ... / Now prepared from the original / formula of Dr. Jonathan Moore / PREPARED BY / SAMUEL KIDDER CO., INC. / BOSTON, MASS."; with statement by Elijah Hayward, dated March 12, 1845. Cork stopper. Bottle contains opaque brown liquid, about 2/3 full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-5.4 Dia-1 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, Medicines