Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.399

Place of Origin:

Binghamton, NY

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, Dr. Kilmer Company, Binghamton, NY. Vertical rectangular pink paperboard box, printed in black. Front: "DR. KILMER'S / U O ANOINTMENT / S. Andral Kilmer, M. D.", with portrait of Dr. Kilmer. Right side: "DR. KILMER'S / U O ANOINTMENT / Recommended by all / Families Who Use It / Sold by all Druggists / PRICE 30 cts. / PREPARED ONLY BY / DR. KILMER CO., / Binghamton, N.Y., U.S.A." Uses printed on left side. Back: "DR. KILMER'S / U O TRADE MARK / ANOINTMENT / Does Not Scatter or Blister". Box contains cylindrical clear glass jar filled with gray-green ointment; paper label on front, printed in red and blue: "DR. KILMER'S / FAMILY / U O ANOINTMENT / PRICE 30� AT DRUGGIST'S / OR BY MAIL. / PREPARED ONLY BY / DR. KILMER CO., / BINGHAMTON, N.Y." Embossed lettering on back of jar: "DR. KILMER'S / U O / ANOINTMENT / BINGHAMTON, N.Y." Jar has aluminum screw cap, never opened. Box also contains printed information sheet.

Material:

Paper
Glass

Dimensions:

H-2.1 W-1.4 D-1.4 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