Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.352

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Kodicon Products Company, Boston, MA.

A. Bottle. Amber glass. Rectangular body with rounded corners, rounded shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "For / Relief / of / Pain / KODIKON / Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. / No. 4 / For the Relief of Pain / incident to / Rheumatism, Arthritis / Neuritis, Neuralgia / Sciatica and Gout. / 100 Tablets of 5 + Grains / DOSE / One tablet after meals with / water. / Sole Distributors / KODICON PRODUCTS CO. / 5 Bromfield St. - Boston, Mass." Black plastic screw cap. "33S8" embossed on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains round white tablets, full.

B. Yellow cardboard box, 4.4" high x 1.7" wide x 1.2" deep. Printed on front, same text as on bottle. Printed on sides: "KODICON / Contains No Narcotic or Opiate. Directions printed on back. Two printed sheets inside.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.9 W-1.7 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