Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.445

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1925-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, C. F. Smith Company, Boston, MA. Rectangular tin box with rounded corners and removable cover. Yellow exterior, printed in maroon. Cover: "SMITH'S / PILLS / [ingredients]", with image of Dr. W. F. Smith. Front: "FULL DIRECTIONS INSIDE." Left side: "ESTABLISHED 1898 / REVISED LABEL / ADOPTED DEC. 1923". Right side: "DISTRIBUTED BY / C.F. SMITH / BOSTON, MASS." Dosage printed on back. Bottom: "STIMULANT DIURETIC / (TO HELP KIDNEY ACTION) / [product information] / CONTENTS 50 PILLS / All / Genuine / Signed / W.F. Smith / A.C. CO. 10 A+". Box contains spherical brown pills and printed circular.

Material:

Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-0.5 W-2.9 D-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).

Credit Line:

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

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Pills