Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
2 x 1 x 5/8 in. oval
Description:
This tiny oval wooden box is wrapped in paper that is printed with the words "A Purely Vegetable Cathartic/ Ayers Pills/ Dose From 2 To 7", on the side a signature and "Practical & Analytical Chemist/ Lowell, Mass. U.S.A.", and on the bottom a complex drawing of a laboratory with scales and flasks. See also 2002.1.774.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.775
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
48002
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
2 x 1 x 1/4 in. oval
Description:
This tiny oval wooden box is wrapped in paper that is printed with the words "A Purely Vegetable Cathartic/ Ayers Pills/ Dose From 2 To 10", and on the bottom a complex drawing of a laboratory with scales and flasks. See also 2002.1.775.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.774
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
48001
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
2 x 1 x 5/8 in. oval
Description:
Oval wooden box wrapped in paper printed with "Schenk's Mandrake/ Liver Pills/ Price 25 Cts."; bottom with signature and "Dose: From 4 to 6 Pills".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.773
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
48000
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine tin
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 x 1 x 1/2 in. oval
Description:
Oval brown metal box printed on top with patterns and "Brandreth's Pills"; on the side "Dr. Brandreth's Principle Office/ Brandreth Building, New-York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.772
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This tiny metal box is printed with a scene of French soldiers drinking at a table. The top reads "Absinthe/ Dechanet/ Le Capitaine Et La Circulaire Ministerielle". On the sides "La Plus Bien Faisante/ Et Hygenique", and Pour Bien La Savourer/ La Noyer Sans Sucre". The bottom reads "Absinthe Dechanet/ La Reine Des Absinthes".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.771
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 1/2 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
Metal canister partially wrapped in brown paper; holds small black hand-rolled pills.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.770
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Supplies
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Wood, paper, thread
Dimensions:
1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
This white cardboard box has gold red and black printing on it, contains one spool of thread and celebrates the Centennial in 1876. One side reads "Centennial/ 1776 Let Americans Use American Thread 1876/ United States" with a shield and banner. The top label reads "Willimantic/ New Six Cord/ Spool Cotton", the bottom reads "Sold By All/ First Class/ Dealers." The sides read "The Willimantic is/ The only six Cord/ In Numbers 8 to 100/ Which is/ An American Production". It contains one spool of thread and the original paper guarantee insert.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.620
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
47996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Supplies
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Wood, paper, thread
Dimensions:
1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
This white cardboard box contains one spool of thread. The bottom label reads in lavender "Clark's "O.N.T." Spool Cotton/ Is Unequaled For/ Hand or Machine Sewing". The top label reads "George A. Clark/ Sole Agent" and the sides have the O. N. T. initials on them.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.619
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Supplies
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Wood, thread
Dimensions:
2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This wooden spool of white thread has red labels on the top and bottom. The top reads in white "Barbour's Flax Machine Thread" with a central image of a hand. The bottom label reads "3 Cord/ No. 50 Barbour/ 200 Yards."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.618
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert that has a photo-lithograph of a steam powered battleship and below the words "Olympia/ Flagship of Rear Admiral Dewey/ The Annihilator of the Spanish Fleet Near Manila".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.511
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
47960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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