Pen
- Object Name:
- Pen
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.605
- Creator:
- Esterbrook Company
- Place of Origin:
- Camden, NJ
- Date:
- 1920-1950
- Description:
- Box of assorted pen nibs in original box, from a drugstore. Steel. In red paperboard box, matchbox type. Cover printed in white and green: "R. Esterbrook Co. / PENS", with oval image of Richard Esterbrook, dated 1858. Applied paper label on cover, imprinted "Made in U.S.A. / Assortment E / 144 Pens".
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Paper - Dimensions:
- W-0.25 L-1.5 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, Pens
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