Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.461

Place of Origin:

Chicago, IL

Date:

1925-1950

Description:

Herbal medicine in original unopened box, Illinois Herb Company, Chicago, IL. Rectangular yellow paperboard box with printed green label on front: "[outline of state of Illinois with IHC logo in center] / MAYAPPLE / U. S. P. / (Podophyllum Peltatum) / Common Names - Mandrake, Wild / Lemon, Racoon Berry. / Medicinal Part - The Root. / [directions] / Packed and Sold by / ILLINOIS HERB COMPANY / Chicago, Ill. / Net Weight 1 1/2 ozs." Box covered with transparent paper, sealed at top with printed red circular label: "ILLINOIS HERB CO. / 815 NO. PULASKI RD. / CHICAGO / High / Quality / Healthway / Products".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.6 W-2.1 D-1 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