Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.320
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Medicine bottle, Merck Company, New York, NY. Amber glass. Cylindrical body and neck. Printed paper label on front: "1/4 lb. / CALCIUM CHLORIDE MERCK / DRY-PURE / Merck Co. New York. / E. Merck, Darmstadt / Germany". Guaranty printed on separate label on lower front. Brown paper cover over mouth, sealed with thread and red wax; wax embossed "MERCK Co. / NEW YORK". "200" embossed on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains white powder, full.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-5.2 Dia-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, Chemicals
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