Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.346

Place of Origin:

North Berwick, ME

Date:

1900-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, R. H. Hurd, North Berwick, ME.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, rounded shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "BAKER'S / GREAT / AMERICAN / SPECIFIC / FOR THE / RELIEF CURE / OF / RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LAME BACK SIDE. / [list of other ailments] / PRICE 25 CENTS / PREPARED / SOLD BY / R.H. HURD / NO. BERWICK, / MAINE. / APOTHECARY, / SUCCESSOR TO M.B. CO. / SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS." Label wraps around to sides, where directions are printed. Embossed figure of Uncle Sam on back, with text: "BAKER'S / SPECIFIC / R.H. HURD, PROP. / No. BERWICK, ME. U.S.A." Cork stopper. Bottle contains dark brown liquid, about 1/4 full.

B. Tan cardboard box. 4.8" high x 1.9" wide x 1.1" deep. Printed on all sides and top. Front: "BAKER'S / Great American / SPECIFIC! / FOR THE RELIEF AND CURE OF / [list of ailments] / PRICE 25 CENTS / PREPARED AND SOLD BY / R. H. HURD, / APOTHECARY, / NO. BERWICK, ME. / SUCCESSORS TO / M. B. CO." Printed on sides in Spanish and French. Top: "FOR / PAIN." Printed sheet inside, with image of Uncle Sam.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.2 W-1.8 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, Uncle Sam