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Box, Medicine

Object Name:
Box, Medicine
Object ID:
1992.063.420
Place of Origin:
New York, NY
Date:
1920-1940
Description:
Medicine in original unopened box, Humphreys Medicine Company, New York, NY. Vertical rectangular white paperboard box, printed in black. Front, extending around sides: "HUMPHREYS / '99' / Complete / Directions / Enclosed / Contents / 32 / Tablets / LAXATIVE TABLETS / [ingredients] / HUMPHREYS MEDICINE COMPANY / Incorporated / NEW YORK, N. Y. / MADE IN U.S.A."; with image of woman and lion. Dosage and warning printed on back. " '99' / SMALL" printed on top flap. " '99' " printed on bottom flap. Paper sealed; never opened.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.1 W-0.9 D-0.9 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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