Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.348

Place of Origin:

Baltimore, MD

Date:

1900-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original sealed paper wrapper, A. C. Meyer Company, Baltimore, MD. Wrapper sealed at both ends; not opened to examine bottle. Cylindrical glass bottle, containing liquid. Brown paper wrapper, printed lengthwise: "DR. BULL'S / BABY SYRUP / FOR THE NURSERY / [uses] / ALL GENUINE THAT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF / A.C. Meyer Co. and John W. Bull. / Manufactured only by the sole proprietors / A. C. MEYER CO., BALTIMORE, MD."; with image of a bull in circle with text around it, "DR. BULL'S FAMILY MEDICINES / A.C. MEYER CO. / TRADE MARK". "25 / CENTS" printed in corners. Decorative border. Red printed paper seal on top. Printed paper seal on bottom, with bull trade mark image and "14-Y-04".

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-5 Dia-1.3 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, Bulls, Cattle