Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.236

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Medicine bottle, United Drug Company, Boston, MA. Brown glass. Cylindrical body with slightly tapered sides. Long cylindrical neck, slightly bulbous. Blue and white printed paper label on front: "Peptona / From the / Rexall / Laboratories / 16 Fl. Ozs. 'Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.' D 525 / ALCOHOL 19 PER CENT / An Efficient Iron and Nux Vomica Tonic / In a Sherry Wine Base / For Simple Anemia. Useful as a Bitter Stomachic and Appetizer. / United Drug Co. / Boston - St. Louis / U.S.A." Blue metal screw cap, imprinted "SOLD ONLY / AT / Rexall / DRUG / STORES". Bottle contains dark liquid, full almost to base of neck.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-9 Dia-3.2 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

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Sherry, Wine