Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.347

Place of Origin:

Portland, ME

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original cardboard box and paper wrapper, George C. Frye, Portland, ME. Wrapper sealed with tape; not opened to examine box or bottle. Rectangular glass bottle, containing liquid. Brown paper wrapper, printed on front: "FRYE'S / EMULSION / COMBINED WITH / HYPOPHOSPHITES LIME SODA / Contains Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, / prepared in a form so that it can be / readily taken, and is highly recom- / mended by the medical profession. / [dose] / PREPARED BY / GEO. C. FRYE / CHEMIST, / PORTLAND, MAINE."; with image of a sailing ship, and a decorative triangle above. Applied printed paper label on right side of wrapper: "GUARANTEED UNDER THE FOOD / AND DRUGS ACT, JUNE 30, 1906 / Serial Number 3091".

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.6 W-3.3 D-2.25 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, Sailing ships