Soap

Object Name:

Soap

Object ID:

1992.063.496

Place of Origin:

St. Louis, MO

Date:

1910-1930

Description:

Three bars of soap in original box, Lambert Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, MO. Rectangular white paperboard box, cover printed in black. Top: "FOR USE IN THE ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE SKIN. / LISTERINE / TRADE MARK. / DERMATIC / SOAP / (SUPER-FATTED.) / LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, U.S.A." Front and back: "ANTISEPTIC DETERGENT / LISTERINE / TRADE MARK. / DERMATIC / SOAP / (SUPER-FATTED.) / LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, U.S.A." Ends: "ANTISEPTIC DETERGENT / LISTERINE DERMATIC SOAP / IS MANUFACTURED ONLY BY / LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY, / ST. LOUIS, U.S.A." Box contains three unopened bars of soap, each wrapped in foil and sealed with a white paper label printed in black with text similar to that on box, and a portrait of a man.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-1.5 W-3.4 L-6.4 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, Soap