Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.315
- Place of Origin:
- St. Louis, MO
- Date:
- circa 1965
- Description:
- Medicine bottle, Rexall Drug Company, St. Louis, MO. Amber glass. Body is oval in cross section and has sloped, ribbed shoulders. Printed paper label on front: "Rexall / VITAMIN E / (from dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate) / DIETARY SUPPLEMENT / 200 I.U. / [directions] / Distributed by / REXALL DRUG COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo. 63115 / Made in U.S.A. / 100 CAPSULES, ea. 200 I.U." White metal screw cap. Embossed numbers on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains clear capsules, now stuck together, about 3/4 full.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-4.4 W-2.1 D-1.2 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, Vitamins
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