Box, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Box, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.395
- Place of Origin:
- East Orange, NJ
- Date:
- 1910-1930
- Description:
- Bunion plasters in original box, Seabury Johnson, East Orange, NJ. Rectangular paperboard box, matchbox type, covered with multicolored paper in floral pattern. Red and gold paper label on top, printed in black: "BUNION / PLASTERS / SEABURY JOHNSON / NEW YORK, U.S.A. / LABORATORIES, EAST ORANGE, N.J. / ROUND / THIN". Box contains six circular white felt disks, each 1.5" diameter x 0.2" thick, with 0.6" diameter hole in center; adhesive on reverse.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-0.6 W-1.8 L-3.3 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, Bandages
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