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Crate, Shipping

Object Name:
Crate, Shipping
Object ID:
1992.063.591
Place of Origin:
Philadelphia, PA
Date:
circa 1900
Description:
Wooden crate for malt extract, from a pharmacy. Empty. Rectangular wooden crate with no cover. Box joints at corners. Black printing on each end: "WYETH'S / LIQUID / EXTRACT OF MALT / JOHN WYETH BROS. / CHEMISTS / PHILADELPHIA".
Material:
Wood
Dimensions:
H-10.5 W-12.6 L-22.4 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
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