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Allenru Laxative Pills

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    Object Details

    maker

    Alle-Rhume Company

    Description

    The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: laxative
    This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Sidney Glaser

    ID Number

    1985.0481.015

    catalog number

    1985.0481.015

    accession number

    1985.0481

    Object Name

    Patent Medicine
    otc preparation

    Object Type

    Drugs

    Measurements

    box: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm
    bottle: 3 in x 1 in; x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm

    place made

    United States: New Jersey, Jersey City

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Balm of America

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Laxatives

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ddba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_209410
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