Cabinet, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Cabinet, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.552
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Medicine cabinet, from a pharmacy. Wooden cabinet with 34 drawers. Front is a hinged panel with a tin advertising sign, painted blue; gold lettering: "HUMPHREYS' / SPECIFIC / 77 / FOR / GRIP / [list of specifics by number, with prices] / HUMPHREYS WITCH HAZEL OIL - 'THE PILE OINTMENT' / Price 50 Cents. / Trial Size 25 Cents." 34 drawer fronts on other side (30 small and 4 large). Dark wood drawer knobs. Small drawers numbered.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-28 W-21.75 Dia-7.75 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
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Medicines
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