Box, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Box, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.448
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1921-1940
- Description:
- Medicine in original box, Tru-Lax Manufacturing Company, Newark, NJ. Square metal container with removable cover. Blue exterior with blue and white text. Cover: "� / 1921 / TRU-LAX / TRADE MARK / THE TRUE / CHOCOLATE LAXATIVE / USED IN ALL FORMS OF CONSTIPATION AND / RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN AND GROWN UPS. / MADE ONLY BY / TRU-LAX / MANUFACTURING CO. / NEWARK / N. J. / PRICE 10 CTS." Right side: "CONTAINS 6 TABLETS". Bottom: "EAT TRU-LAX LIKE CANDY / IT IS PLEASANT / IN TASTE AND ACTION / [dosage] / A.C.C. 10 A-0".
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-0.4 W-1.7 D-1.7 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
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