Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.451

Place of Origin:

Ossining, NY

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

Medicine in original unopened container, Brandreth Company, Ossining, NY. Circular tin container with removable cover. Tan exterior. Cover printed in orange and black: "SALVA-CEA / TRADE MARK / ALLAYS IRRITATION. / SUBDUES INFLAMMATION, / RELIEVES PAIN. / A UNIVERSAL EXTERNAL REMEDY ABSOLUTELY SAFE. / THE BRANDRETH CO. / 274 CANAL ST. / N.Y. / MANF OSSINING, N.Y." Uses printed in orange on bottom. Container is sealed around edge with printed paper strip: "SALVA-CEA suppositories for the treatment of internal or bleeding Piles are sold at / 60c. a box. They are guaranteed to give satisfaction. / Contains one-quarter of / one per cent. Chloroform".

Material:

Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-0.75 Dia-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