Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.472

Place of Origin:

LeRoy, NY

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Herbal medicine in original unopened box, S. C. Wells Company, LeRoy, NY. Rectangular tan paperboard box, printed in brown. Top: "BACON'S / Trade Mark / CELERY KING / BRAND / A LAXATIVE TEA / [ingredients] / Average Net Weight: 1 1/4 Oz. / S. C. WELLS CO. / Toronto, Can. Le Roy, N.Y. / AN HERBAL LAXATIVE / FOR TEMPORARY CONSTIPATION". Sides: "BACON'S / Trade Mark / CELERY KING / BRAND / A LAXATIVE TEA". Ends: "CELERY / KING / BRAND / TRADE MARK / REG. U. S. PAT. OFF / PRICE 30c", with crown. Directions printed on bottom of box. Flaps sealed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-1.4 W-3.8 D-2.5 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, Celery