Box, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Box, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.382
- Place of Origin:
- Lowell, MA
- Date:
- 1910-1930
- Description:
- Medicine in original box, Dr. J. Melvin Company, Lowell, MA. Cylindrical wooden container. Tan paper label printed in black: "DR. MELVIN'S VEGETABLE PILLS. / Established 1820. / OPEN HERE. / Dr. MELVIN'S / VEGETABLE PILLS. / [uses and directions] / PRICE 25 CENTS. / For sale by all dealers. / Dr. J. MELVIN CO., / Sole Prop's, / LOWELL, MASS." Unopened.
- Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- L-2 Dia-0.9 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.)
- People:
- Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Pills
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