Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.362

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Fairchild Brothers Foster, New York, NY. Rectangular glass bottle containing liquid. In rectangular tan cardboard box. Box sealed with paper labels at top and bottom; not opened to examine bottle. Printed on front and back of box: "FAIRCHILD BROTHERS / FOSTER / Panopepton / TRADE / MARK / Registered in U. S. Patent Office / [ingredients] / PANOPEPTON is obtained from prime / lean beef and whole wheat by a physiological process... / This bottle contains 11 1/2 fluid ounces / ORIGINATED AND MANUFACTURED BY / Fairchild Bros. Foster / New York". Printed on sides: "FAIRCHILD BROTHERS / FOSTER / Panopepton / TRADE / MARK / Dominion of Canada, Proprie- / tary or Patent Medicine Act. / No. 1409." Red paper labels adhered to top and bottom, each printed in black: "FAIRCHILD BROTHERS / FOSTER / Panopepton / Trade / Mark".

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.7 W-3.25 D-2.1 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