Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.457

Place of Origin:

Dayton, OH

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Medicine in original box, Blackburn Products Company, Dayton, OH. Rectangular tin box with rounded corners, brass-plated exterior, and removable cover. Printed in black and red. Cover: "Blackburn's / Casca Royal Pills / TREAT THE BOWELS / WISELY AND WELL / FOR CONSTIPATION / AND ATTENDANT ILLS / TRADE MARK / A CIVILIZED PHYSIC / TONIC AND PURIFIER / NEW STYLE ADOPTED MAY, 1910. / CONTROLLED AND DISTRIBUTED / ONLY BY / THE BLACKBURN PRODUCTS CO., DAYTON, O. / REGISTERED. / 30� / 45 PILLS". Bottom: "TREAT THE / BOWELS WISELY / THEY'LL DO THE REST / A PLEASUR- / ABLE PHYSIC FOR OLD / AND YOUNG / NONE GENUINE WITH- / OUT THIS PORTRAIT / AND SIGNATURE / GUARANTEED TO / EFFECTUALLY RELIEVE / CONSTIPATION OR / MONEY BACK / [image and signature of Robert Blackburn] / 'THE MAN BEHIND THE PILLS' / [dosage] / COMPLETE DIRECTIONS INSIDE / 30� / 45 PILLS". Box contains round pink pills and printed directions sheet.

Material:

Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-0.4 W-3.5 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