Object Details
maker
McKesson and Robbins
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For Poison Oak and Poison Ivy
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 U. Glaser
date made
before 1967
ID Number
1988.3089.018
catalog number
1988.3089.018
nonaccession number
1988.3089
Object Name
otc preparation
Physical Description
cardboard (overall material)
tin (overall material)
Measurements
box: 6 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 15.5575 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm
bottle: 5 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 3.17848 cm x 3.175 cm
paper insert, folded: 1 1/8 in x 7 in x 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 17.78 cm x .635 cm
place made
Canada: Quebec, Montreal
United States: New York, New York City
United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Balm of America
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1377151