Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.430

Place of Origin:

Dayton, OH

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, International Proprietaries, Inc., Dayton, OH. Rectangular green paperboard box, printed in black: "Tanlac Vegetable Pills / Nature's Great Treatment for Constipation / Harmless and Mild in Action Pleasant to Take / PRICE, 35 CENTS / Prepared and Distributed Exclusively / BY / International Proprietaries, Inc. / Dayton, Ohio Atlanta, Ga." Directions printed on other two sides. Box maker's logo on inner flap: "THE / GEBHART / FOLDING / BOX CO. / DAYTON / O". Box contains cylindrical clear glass bottle; printed green paper label with text similar to that on box; cork stopper; contains round purple pills, full. Box also contains printed paper sheet.

Material:

Paper
Glass

Dimensions:

H-0.9 W-0.9 L-3.2 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