Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.377

Place of Origin:

Baltimore, MD

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Medicine in original paper wrapper, A. C. Meyer Company, Baltimore, MD. Cylindrical roll. Pink paper printed in black: "Dr. John W. Bull's / CELEBRATED PILLS. / (Revised Formula) / For the / blood, / stomach, / liver / and / bowel / troubles. / [trademark with image of bull] / Tone up / the / system, / act / quickly / and never / gripe. / [uses] / Price 10 cents. Directions inside. / [facsimile signatures of A. C. Meyer and John W. Bull] / A. C. Meyer Co., Baltimore, Md. / No. 226-Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906." Full package; contents not examined.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

L-2.3 Dia-0.85 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, Pills, Bulls