Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.359

Place of Origin:

Le Roy, NY

Date:

1925-1950

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Kemp and Lane, Inc., Le Roy, NY.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, rounded shoulders, and short cylindrical neck. Green paper label on front, blue and white text: "NET CONTENTS 2 FL. OZ. / SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING / KEMP'S / BALSAM / REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. / For COUGHS Due to Colds / [ingredients and directions] / KEMP AND LANE INC. / LE ROY, NEW YORK". White metal screw cap. Embossed lettering on bottom of bottle. Bottle contains thick brown liquid, full to shoulders.

B. Green cardboard box, 4.6" high x 1.9" wide x 1" deep. Printed in black and white on front and back, same text as on bottle, except "DISTRIBUTED BY / UNIVERSAL DRUG PRODUCTS / RIDGEFIELD, N. J." Printed on left side: "KEMP'S BALSAM / FOR THAT COUGH DUE TO COLDS / 'Soothing to the Irritated Membranes of the Throat' / Try Kemp's Balsam for that smokers dry tickling cough." Directions printed on right side.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.6 W-1.9 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, Coughing