Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.410

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, American Druggists Syndicate, New York, NY. Rectangular green and white paperboard box, matchbox type, printed in red and green. Top: "PRICE 25 CENTS. / A.D.S. / Bronk-Lets / AN ANTISEPTIC THROAT PASTILLE / PLEASANT AND HARMLESS - VERY USEFUL IN ALL AF- / FECTIONS OF THE THROAT AND BRONCHIAL TUBES, INCLUD- / ING COUGHS, COLDS, CATARRH OF THE THROAT, HUSKINESS / HOARSENESS, TICKLING IN THE THROAT ETC. / MAKES BREATHING AND TALKING EASY / DISSOLVE A BRONK-LET IN THE MOUTH AT INTERVALS / UNTIL THE DESIRED EFFECT IS SECURED / BRONK-LETS CONTAIN NOTHING HARMFUL. / AMERICAN DRUGGISTS SYNDICATE, NEW YORK CITY." Bottom: "PRICE 25 CENTS. / A.D.S. / Bronk-Lets / DEODORIZE THE BREATH / MAKING IT SWEET PLEASANT. / DO NOT DRINK ANYTHING FOR A FEW MINUTES / AFTER TAKING A BRONK-LET. THIS IS TO MAKE / THE REMEDIAL EFFECT MORE CERTAIN. / GUARANTEED UNDER THE NATIONAL PURE FOOD / AND DRUGS LAW JUNE 30, 1906. / SERIAL NO 1214". Sides (white on green): "A.D.S. / Bronk-Lets". Box is filled with round brown tablets. Box also contains printed booklet advertising other products.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-0.9 W-2.3 L-3.4 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