Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.473

Place of Origin:

LeRoy, NY

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Herbal medicine in original unopened box, S. C. Wells, LeRoy, NY. Vertical rectangular gray paperboard box, printed in black. Front: "KARL'S / CLOVER / ROOT / PURIFIES / THE BLOOD / [image of woman holding cup] / IT GIVES / FRESH- / NESS / AND / CLEAR / SKIN. / CURES CONSTIPATION, / INDIGESTION, DIZZINESS, / ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN. / BEAUTIFIES THE COMPLEXION / CORRECTS AN / OFFENSIVE BREATH, / AND REGULATES THE / KIDNEYS AND LIVER / PREPARED ONLY BY / S.C. WELLS. / LE ROY, N.Y. U.S.A. / PRICE 25 CTS. / REGISTERED." Guarantee printed on left side. Ingredients printed on right side. Directions and dose printed on back. "OPEN / HERE" printed on top flap. Flaps sealed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.25 W-2.3 D-1.4 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, Clover