Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.396

Place of Origin:

Jersey City, NJ

Date:

1912-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, Himrod Manufacturing Company, Jersey City, NJ. Vertical rectangular green paperboard box, printed in black. Front: "NET WEIGHT 3 1/8 OZS. / HIMROD'S ASTHMA / POWDER / RECOMMENDED FOR / ROSE COLD, / INFLUENZA / ASTHMA, / HAY FEVER, / NASAL CATARRH / AND / Ordinary Colds. / PRICE $1.25."; with portrait of bearded man. Cautions printed on sides. Right side: "PREPARED BY / HIMROD MANUFACTURING CO. / Jersey City, N. J., U. S. A. PROPRIETORS." Directions printed on back. Testimonials printed on top and bottom, including one from Oliver Wendell Holmes. Box contains rectangular tin can with black printing on green, same as on box; cover is sealed with strip of paper; never opened; guarantee printed on cover, dated May 1912. Box also contains printed booklet with directions and product information.

Material:

Paper
Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-3.7 W-2.4 D-1.5 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), Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines