Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.441

Place of Origin:

Chicago, IL

Date:

1900-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago, IL. Rectangular tin box with rounded corners and hinged cover. White exterior, printed in black. Top: "Hobbs' / BRAND / Kidney Pills / A DIURETIC INTENDED FOR / Kidneys and Bladder / PRICE 50 CENTS. / DISTRIBUTED BY / STERLING REMEDY CO. / CHICAGO, MONTREAL, NEW YORK." Front: "50 PILLS IN EACH BOX". Back: "HOW ARE YOUR KIDNEYS?" Bottom: "[uses] / GUARANTEED BY STERLING REMEDY CO. UNDER / THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, JUNE 30, 1906, SERIAL / NO. 279. / DISTRIBUTED BY / STERLING REMEDY CO. / ADDRESS: CHICAGO, MONTREAL, NEW YORK. / GENERAL OFFICE, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA." Directions printed inside cover. Box contains spherical white pills and printed information sheet.

Material:

Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-0.5 W-2.6 D-1.6 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).

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Pills