Box, Medicine

Object Name:

Box, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.484

Place of Origin:

Cleveland, OH

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Herbal medicine in original unopened box, S. R. Feil Company, Cleveland, OH. Rectangular orange paperboard box, printed in black. Top: "FOR THE BLOOD, / STOMACH, LIVER / AND KIDNEYS. / WILL CURE / CONSTIPA- / TION. / PARAGON TEA / Trade Mark Registered / Composed / OF / HERBS. / WILL PRODUCE A CLEAR / AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION. / Price, 25 Cents." Front: "PARAGON TEA / acts differently on the system than any other Medicine, and / is constantly gaining favor. It can be used for months / without increasing the dose, and it leaves no bad effects." Back: "PARAGON TEA, / THE WORLD'S GREATEST REMEDY / For Restoring the Disordered Organs to their Normal and Healthy Condition, / and Producing a Fine, Healthy Complexion." Left side: "Paragon Blutreinigungs Thee." Bottom: "PARAGON TEA: / [uses and directions] / PREPARED BY / S. R. FEIL CO., Cleveland, O."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-0.9 W-4 D-2.8 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, Tea