Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.460

Place of Origin:

Los Angeles, CA

Date:

1940-1960

Description:

Herbal medicine in original unopened box, Rexall Drug Company, Los Angeles, CA. Rectangular gray paperboard box, printed in dark blue on all sides. Front and back: "1 OUNCE Rexall U 6221 / PURETEST / SENNA LEAVES / U.S.P. / Cassia angustifolia Vahl / TINNEVELLY SENNA - INDIA SENNA / [uses] / AN EFFECTIVE CATHARTIC / [directions] / PACKED BY REXALL DRUG COMPANY / LOS ANGELES - BOSTON - ST. LOUIS - U.S.A." Guarantee printed on left side. Right side: "THE REXALL / LINE OF / BOTANICAL / DRUGS MEETS / THE REQUIRE- / MENTS OF THE / GOVERNMENT / STANDARD". Top and bottom: "1 OUNCE Rexall U 6221 / SENNA LEAVES, U.S.P."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.9 W-2.9 D-1.5 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, Herbs, Medicinal