Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.404

Place of Origin:

Ithaca, NY

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Medicine in original unopened container, Booth's Hyomei Company, Ithaca, NY. Cylindrical roll wrapped in sealed tan paper, printed in orange and blue: "BOOTH'S PILLS / (Mi-o-na Laxative) / Treatment / FOR CONSTIPATION AND SICK HEADACHE, / BILIOUSNESS, TORPID LIVER, MELAN- / CHOLY, VERTIGO, WHEN CAUSED / BY CONSTIPATION / Small Pill, Easy to Take, Quick to Act / Full directions for use are given on bottle / CONTENTS 50 / BOOTH'S HYOMEI CO. / ITHACA, N. Y. TORONTO, ONT. / 'Reg. No. 5061 The Proprietary / or Patent Medicine Act.' / Printed in U.S.A." Circular printed label at each end: "BOOTH'S / LAXATIVE / PILLS / Printed in U.S.A."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

L-3 Dia-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.)

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Pills