Box, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Box, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.432
- Place of Origin:
- Enosburgh Falls, VT
- Date:
- 1910-1930
- Description:
- Medicine in original unopened box, Dr. B. J. Kendall Company, Enosburgh Falls, VT. Rectangular paperboard box covered with pink paper, printed in black: "SUGAR COATED / KENDALL'S / PERSIAN PILLS / DOSE 1 to 4. / Enosburgh Falls, Vt / TRADE MARK. / THE BEST COMPOUND / Known to the Medical Profession for / Liver Complaints, Fever and / Ague, Constipation, etc. / [directions] / DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. / PROPRIETORS, / Enosburgh Falls, Vt. U.S.A. / PRICE 25 CENTS A BOX." Paper sealed at ends, never opened.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-0.75 W-1.2 L-2.25 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
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