Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.262

Place of Origin:

Racine, WI

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Medicine bottle, Dr. C. I. Shoop, Racine, WI. Clear glass with green tint. Square body with beveled corners, sloping stepped shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "DR. SHOOP'S / RESTORATIVE / CONTAINS 10% ALCOHOL. / ... / The Restorative is / intended to correct various derangements / of the / STOMACH / KIDNEYS / HEART / AND CATARRHAL TROUBLES. / [uses and directions] / PREPARED BY / DR. C.I. SHOOP. / RACINE,--WIS.,--U. S. A. / PRICE ONE DOLLAR". Printed paper label on back, with same text in German. Embossed lettering on right side: "DR. SHOOP'S / FAMILY MEDICINES". Embossed lettering on left side: "RACINE, WIS." Embossed number "2" on bottom. Cork stopper. Bottle contains brown liquid, full almost to neck.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-6.8 W-2.3 D-2.3 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