Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.306

Place of Origin:

Detroit, MI

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Medicine bottle, Parke, Davis Company, Detroit, MI. Amber glass. Rectangular body with rounded corners and shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "100 / GELATIN-COATED / PILLS / No. 555. / QUININE, IRON / AND ZINC / VALERIANATES. / [ingredients] / PARKE, DAVIS CO. / DETROIT, MICH. / U. S. A." Cork stopper with printed paper label on top: "PARKE, DAVIS CO. / DETROIT, MICH. U.S.A.", with "PDCo." monogram. Embossed lettering on bottom of bottle: "P.D. CO. / 44". Bottle contains brown pills, full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-3.9 W-1.6 D-0.9 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, Pills, Quinine