Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.243

Place of Origin:

Detroit, MI

Date:

1900-1930

Description:

Medicine bottle, Parke, Davis Company, Detroit, MI. Amber glass. Cylindrical body with rounded shoulders and short neck. Printed paper label on front, top: "FLUID EXTRACT / PASSION FLOWER. / Passiflora incarnata Lin. / No. 537. PARKE, DAVIS CO." Printed paper label on front, bottom: "PARKE, DAVIS CO. / MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS. / DETROIT, MICHIGAN, U.S.A."; with image of factory. Printed paper label on back: "PASSION-FLOWER / Passiflora incarnata Lin. / ... / Nervine, sedative and antineuralgic."; with dosage and flower information. Cork stopper with foil-covered cap bearing embossed company monogram. Bottle contains dark liquid, about 3/4 full. Embossed lettering on bottom: "P.D. CO. / 334".

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-4.9 Dia-1.9 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, Flowers