Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.317
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Medicine bottle, Humphreys Medicine Company, New York, NY. Amber glass. Rectangular body with rounded corners and shoulders, and short cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "50 TABLETS PRICE 75� / HUMPHREYS / '44' / for the temporary / RELIEF OF PAIN / DUE TO SIMPLE HEADACHE NEURALGIA / AND LIKE CAUSES / [ingredients] / HUMPHREYS MEDICINE CO., INC., NEW YORK, N.Y." Printed paper label on back, with uses and dosage. Black metal screw cap. Embossed numbers on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains large white tablets, full.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-3.3 W-1.5 D-1 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
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