Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.478

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Herbal medicine in original box, S. B. Penick Company, New York, NY. Rectangular yellow paperboard box with brass-plated tin top and bottom. Paper printed in brown. Front: "PENICK'S / INITIAL LINE / THE INITIAL SOURCE OF SUPPLY / TESTED BOTANICAL DRUGS / 1/4 LB. NET / CARAWAY SEED U.S.P. / CONTROL NO. BJP2030 / S.B. PENICK COMPANY / PURVEYORS OF / THE WORLD'S BOTANICAL DRUGS / NEW YORK CHICAGO". Product information printed on sides, and " 'The World's Largest / Botanical Drug House.' " Circular cap on top.

Material:

Paper
Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-3.5 W-2.6 D-2.6 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, Herbs, Medicinal