Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.354

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

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

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with convex sides, sloped shoulders, and cylindrical neck. White paper label on front, printed in blue: "2 Fluid Ounces / MOTHER KROH'S / TEETHING SYRUP / FOR / Babies and Children / No.-D 193 / [uses] / Contains no Opium, Mor- / phine or Chloral. / UNITED DRUG CO. / BOSTON, MASS. / Liverpool, Eng. Toronto, Can. / Manufacturers of Rexall Remedies / MADE IN U.S.A." Directions printed on paper label on back. Cork stopper. Bottle contains amber liquid, full to neck.

B. White cardboard box, 5" high x 2.2" wide x 1.3" deep. Printed in blue and orange on front, same text as on bottle, with image of Mother Kroh in a circle. Two-cent tax stamp adhered to front. Dosage printed in seven languages on back. Guarantee printed on sides. Printed booklet inside.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.25 W-1.9 D-1.1 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