Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.367

Place of Origin:

Cincinnati, OH

Date:

1900-1930

Description:

Medicine bottle in original box, Frank A. Dillingham, Cincinnati, OH.

A. Bottle. Clear glass. Rectangular body with beveled corners, rounded shoulders, recessed panels on sides and back, and cylindrical neck. Blue and yellow printed paper label on front, with blue text: "DILLINGHAM'S / TRULIF / PLANT / JUICE / CONTAINS / 20% ALCOHOL / NET CONTENTS / 11 FLUID OUNCES / MANUFACTURED FOR / FRANK A. DILLINGHAM / 817 and 819 W. 5th St. / CINCINNATI, OHIO / [directions] / PRICE $1.25". Embossed "93" in diamond on bottom of bottle. Cork stopper. Bottle contains brown liquid, full to shoulders.

B. Blue and tan cardboard box, 10" high x 3.3" wide x 2.2" deep. Printed on front and back in blue, same text as on bottle. Printed on left side: "PLANT / JUICE / IS A / LAXATIVE, / DIURETIC AND / ALTERATIVE. / [guarantee] / IF YOUR / DRUGGIST / CAN NOT / SUPPLY YOU / WRITE TO / Frank A. / Dillingham / 817-819 W. FIFTH ST. / CINCINNATI, OHIO. / FOR SALE BY ALL / WHOLESALE RETAIL / DRUGGISTS". Ingredients and uses printed on right side. Corrugated cardboard liner.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.5 W-3 D-1.8 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, Herbs, Medicinal