Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.328
- Place of Origin:
- Norwich, NY
- Date:
- 1910-1920
- Description:
- Medicine bottle, Norwich Pharmacal Company, Norwich, NY. Amber glass. Rectangular body, rounded corners and shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "COMPRESSED TABLETS / 100 Coated Yellow / Dysmenatone / [ingredients and dosage] / No. 1084A Control No / NORWICH PHARMACAL COMPANY / MANUFACTURING PHARMACISTS / NORWICH, NEW YORK". "1 1/2" embossed on bottom of bottle. Cork stopper. Bottle contains round white tablets, about 7/8 full.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-1.6 D-1.1 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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