Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.260

Place of Origin:

Providence, RI

Date:

1880-1900

Description:

Medicine bottle, E. Morgan Sons, Providence, RI. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled edges, round shoulders, recessed panels on sides and back, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "DR. J. MILLER'S / SOOTHING HEALING / Balsam, / OR / NATURE'S ASSISTANT. / THE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD / FOR / INTERNAL / AND / EXTERNAL / COMPLAINTS. / ... / Price, 50 Cents a Bottle. / E. MORGAN SONS, Sole Prop's. / (Successors to J. Miller Sons) / Providence, R.I., U.S.A. / Entered according to Act of Congress in / the year 1867, by J. MILLER, Sheldonville, / Mass., in the Clerk's Office of the District / Court for the District of Massachusetts." Directions printed on paper label on back. Cork stopper. Bottle contains amber liquid, full to neck.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-6.4 W-2 D-1.15 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