Bandage

Object Name:

Bandage

Object ID:

1992.063.408

Place of Origin:

LeRoy, NY

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

Corn plasters (bandages) in original envelope, Kemp and Lane, Inc., LeRoy, NY. Rectangular yellow paper envelope, printed in black. Front: "Raccoon / CORN PLASTERS / 15c"; image of raccoon eating corn, titled "THE RACCOON GETS THE CORN"; and image of a corn plaster with name "Raccoon" on it. Back: directions and "KEMP and LANE, Inc. / LE ROY, N.Y." Flap: "WHY / SUFFER / WITH / CORNS?", with same raccoon image as on front. Envelope (not sealed) contains three corn plasters on gauze strips and printed paper sheet with information about other products.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3 W-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, Bandages, Raccoons, Corn