Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.365

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1925-1930

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Paul Westphal, New York, NY.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with deeply beveled corners, round shoulders, and cylindrical neck. Green paper label on front, printed in black and gold: "WESTPHAL'S / AUXILIATOR / FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY / FOR THE / PRESERVATION, BEAUTY, / GROWTH and RESTORATION / OF THE HAIR / [uses and directions] / PAUL WESTPHAL / NEW YORK / [patent dates 1882 and 1903] / Contains 5 1/2 Fluid Ounces / 55% Grain Alcohol". Small square printed label adhered to front right corner, white lettering on black and red: "PAUL WESTPHAL / PERFUMER / PW [monogram] / TRADE MARK / NEW YORK." Embossed lettering on back of bottle: "PAUL WESTPHAL / AUXILIATOR / FOR / THE HAIR / NEW YORK". Metal screw cap, embossed "WESTPHAL'S / AUXILIATOR". Bottle contains very small amount of thick amber liquid.

B. Tan and black cardboard box, 6.25" high x 2.75" wide x 1.25" deep. Printed on front and back: yellow image of the Auxiliator bottle with same text as on bottle. Printed on sides: "AUXILIATOR FOR THE HAIR / COOLING AND REFRESHING." Top flap printed with information about bottle sizes, and "New Carton Adopted August, 1924". Information about other products on side flaps. Trademark on bottom flap. Printed sheet inside.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-6.1 W-2.7 D-1.2 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, Hair preparations