Eraser

Object Name:

Eraser

Object ID:

1992.063.606

Place of Origin:

Fort Madison, IA

Date:

1940-1960

Description:

Box of erasers, from a drugstore. Eight rectangular metal containers, each holding three cylindrical reddish-brown rubber erasers with metal base. Each metal container printed in white on dark blue: "E Fineline ERASERS 15� / SHEAFFER'S / W. A. SHEAFFER PEN CO. / FORT MADISON, IOWA, U. S. A. / MADE IN U. S. A." Contained in original rectangular paperboard box; paper label on cover, printed in white on light blue: "A - 15� PACKAGES / SHEAFFER'S / Fineline / ERASERS / W. A. SHEAFFER PEN COMPANY / FORT MADISON, IOWA, U. S. A. / MADE IN U. S. A."

Material:

Metal
Paper
Rubber

Dimensions:

H-1.5 W-3 D-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), Roberts, George C., Knox, Fred L.

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Pens