Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.361

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1900-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Lyman Brown, New York, NY. Square glass bottle containing liquid. In rectangular white cardboard box. Box sealed with paper at top and bottom; not opened to examine bottle. Front of box printed with color image of seven dogs, each in a circle; blue text: "TRADE MARK / SEVEN BARKS / COMPOUND / LYMAN BROWN". Back of box printed in red and black: "SEVEN BARKS FOR / DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION / RHEUMATISM." Right side, white on red: "SEVEN BARKS / ALCOHOL 7 3/4 PER CENT". Left side, black and red: "ACETUM HYDRANGEAE 3 OZ. / (VINEGAR OF SEVEN BARKS) / [dose and directions] / LYMAN BROWN, New York, N.Y." Top, blue script: "Genuine / Lyman Brown / New York. Bottom: "New York City, / N. Y., U. S. A. / PRICE / 60 CENTS."

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.6 W-1.4 D-1.4 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, Dogs, Bark, Hydrangea