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Box, Medicine

Object Name:
Box, Medicine
Object ID:
1992.063.405
Place of Origin:
Kingston, NY
Date:
1920-1940
Description:
Medicine in original box, Heneph Corporation, Kingston, NY. Rectangular blue paperboard box, printed in white. Top: "HENEPH'S / LAXATIVE QUININE COMPOUND / COLD TABLETS / RECOMMENDED FOR / COLDS, CORYZA, / (Cold in the Head.) / THE HENEPH CORP., Kingston, N. Y. / SOLE DISTRIBUTORS". Directions on front. Back: "This box contains 25 tablets / PRICE 25 CENTS". Bottom (blue on white): "HENEPH'S / LAXATIVE QUININE COMPOUND / COLD TABLETS / [ingredients] / Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded." Box contains round bright pink tablets and printed directions sheet.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-0.9 W-1.7 L-2.9 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.)
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