Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.763
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This tiny square tin is blue and gold and reads " Ex-Lax/ The Chocolate/ Laxative/ Price 10 cts./ Recommended For/ Constipation/ In All Its Forms/ ForChildren and Grown-ups/ Ex-Lax Mfg. Co. N.Y. ". The back has instructions for use.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
