Bandage
- Object Name:
- Bandage
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.449
- Place of Origin:
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Date:
- 1910-1930
- Description:
- Corn plasters (bandages) in original box, Johnson Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ. Rectangular tin box with removable cover. Red dotted exterior with gold text on black. Cover: "Woods London / Corn / Plasters / Prepared By / Johnson Johnson / MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. U.S.A."; with red cross in circle. Directions printed on bottom. Tax stamp on back. Box contains corn plasters wrapped in cardboard.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-0.65 W-2.9 D-1.75 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, Bandages, Red Cross
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