Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.378

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1910-1920

Description:

Medicine in original box, Dr. Hubbard's Germicide Company, Boston, MA. Rectangular white paperboard box. Printed in black on front: "Dr. Hubbards / GERMINTS / A product of the / Dr. Hubbard's / Germicide Co. / BOSTON"; with image of nurse spraying a germicide with an atomizer. On back: "Dr. Hubbards / GERMINTS / A safe and dependable / Throat Tablet / Pleasant to take and / will not upset the / stomach. / Bottle contains 50 tablets / Distributed by / J. Hubbard Co., 46 CORNHILL / BOSTON, MASS." On left side: "Dr. Hubbards Germints / effective aide in preventing throat infection". On right side: "Dr. Hubbards Germints / are soothing for the irritated throat". Box contains glass bottle, oval in cross-section with rounded shoulders and cylindrical neck. Printed paper label on front of bottle: "50 / DR. HUBBARDS / GERMINTS / A Valuable Throat Tablet / [directions and uses] / Distributed by / J. HUBBARD CO. / 46 Cornhill Boston, Mass." Metal screw cap. Embossed lettering on bottom of bottle: "3-K-967". Bottle contains round white tablets, full. Printed direction sheet inside box.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.3 W-1.9 L-2.3 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