Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.355

Place of Origin:

Haverhill, MA

Date:

circa 1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, E. A. Morrissey Company, Haverhill, MA.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, round shoulders, recessed panels on sides and back, and long cylindrical neck. Yellow paper label on front, printed in black, with orange border: "12 FL. OZS. / Morrissey's / RE-NU-YU / A GENERAL / FAMILY TONIC / AN EXCELLENT / TONIC / BLOOD PURIFIER / and / BODY BUILDER / [uses and directions] / Guaranteed and Distributed by / E. A. MORRISSEY CO. / HAVERHILL, MASS." Metal screw cap. Embossed triangular mark on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains dark red-brown liquid, now congealed, full to shoulders.

B. Cream-colored cardboard box, 9.8" high x 3" wide x 1.9" deep. Printed in black on front and back, with orange border, same text as on bottle. Product information printed on sides. Printed sheet inside.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.5 W-3 D-1.8 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