Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.336

Place of Origin:

Philadelphia, PA

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle, Henry K. Wampole Company, Philadelphia, PA. Blue tinted glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, rounded shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "[ingredients] / WAMPOLE'S / GRANULAR EFFERVESCENT / BROMO-PYRINE. / TRADE MARK. / [uses and dosage] / PREPARED SOLELY BY / HENRY K. WAMPOLE CO. / MF'G PHARMACISTS, / PHILADELPHIA." Printed paper label around neck: "NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THE SIGNATURE OF / Henry K. Wampole Co." Embossed lettering on left side: "HENRY K. WAMPOLE CO."; and on right side: "PHILADELPHIA". Cork stopper with printed paper label on top: "H.K. WAMPOLE CO. / MANUFACTURING / PHARMACISTS / PHILADELPHIA". Bottle contains tiny white granules, full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-5.1 W-2 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