Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.250

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

circa 1920

Description:

Medicine bottle, Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company, New York, NY. Green-tinted glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, round shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front, black on orange: "KICKAPOO / SAGWA / ALCOHOL 9 1/2 PER CENT. / A LAXATIVE / For the Relief of Biliousness, / Constipation and Slug- / gish Liver / ... / Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. / INCORPORATED / OFFICES / NEW YORK ST. LOUIS / Formerly Clintonville, Conn. / Registered in the U.S. / Patent Office, July 1882 / W Revision 1917"; with directions and image of Indian man ("Trade Mark"). Embossed lettering on left side: "KICKAPOO INDIAN MEDICINE CO." Embossed lettering on right side: "KICKAPOO SAGWA". Cork stopper. Bottle contains brown liquid, about 7/8 full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-8.75 W-3 D-1.8 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, Indian man, Native Americans