Soap

Object Name:

Soap

Object ID:

1992.063.493

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Unused bar of soap in original box, United Drug Company, Boston, MA. Rectangular bar of soap, wrapped in tissue and foil, in rectangular white paperboard box (cover missing). Blue paper label wrapped around foil, printed in white: "Rexall / BEAUTIFIES AND PRESERVES. / BLEMISH SOAP. / FOR SKIN / DISEASES. / TO MAKE / SKIN HEALTHY. / ANTISEPTIC. / UNITED DRUG CO. / BOSTON, MASS. / GUARANTEED / BY THE / UNITED DRUG / COMPANY / UNDER THE / FOOD DRUGS ACT / JUNE 30, 1906 / SERIAL NO. 238"; circular red label with "UDCo" monogram adhered to center of blue label. Box exterior covered with gray paper, imprinted "Rexall" in blue on all sides.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-1.2 W-2.2 L-3.2 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, Soap