Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.353

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, United Drug Company, Boston, MA.

A. Bottle. Blue glass. Rectangular body with round shoulders, fluted back, and cylindrical neck. White paper label on front, printed in red: "Puretest / Mild / Tincture Iodine / U.S.P. / CONTAINS 46% ALCOHOL / [directions] / CAUTION! / POISON! / [antidotes] / UNITED DRUG CO. / Boston - St. Louis, U.S.A. / 1 Fl. Oz. 16162 UF 3041". Black plastic screw cap. "33S8" embossed on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains dark liquid, full.

B. White cardboard box, 4" high x 1.6" wide x 1" deep. Printed in red on front and back, same text as on bottle. Printed on top flap: "Puretest / Mild Tincture Iodine / U.S.P. / 1 Fl. Oz. UF 3041". Guarantee printed on left side. Uses printed on right side

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.9 W-1.5 D-0.9 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, Poisons