Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.363

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1925-1950

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Laxakola Company, New York, NY.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, sloped shoulders, recessed panels on sides and back, and long cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front: "TRADE MARK / LAXAKOLA [in red] / [portrait of man in circle] / DR. DAVIS / THE GREAT / TONIC LAXATIVE. / [directions and dosage] / SOLE PROPRIETORS / THE LAXAKOLA COMPANY, / NEW YORK AND CHICAGO." Embossed lettering on right side: "THE LAXAKOLA CO." Embossed lettering on left side: "NEW YORK CHICAGO." Cork stopper. Bottle contains brown liquid, full almost to shoulders.

B. White cardboard box, 6.8" high x 2" wide x 1.1" deep. Printed on front: "TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / LAXAKOLA [in red] / [portrait of man in circle] / DR. DAVIS / THE GREAT / TONIC / LAXATIVE / FOR THE / PREVENTION AND CURE / OF / HABITUAL CONSTIPATION / AND ALL CONDITIONS / RESULTING FROM DERANGEMENT / AND INACTIVITY OF / THE STOMACH, LIVER, / KIDNEYS AND BOWELS. / [uses] / PRICE 25 CENTS. / Manufactured only by / THE LAXAKOLA CO. / NEW YORK AND CHICAGO." Uses printed on sides, in English and German. Tax stamp of top flap. Printed advertising sheet inside.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-6.4 W-1.8 D-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