Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.2523
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Felt, celluloid, metal
Dimensions:
1/2 x 3 1/3 in. diameter
Description:
A premium gift, resembles a pin-back button with three layers of different colored scalloped-edged pieces of felt framing the central white button that reads in black with the product name in red "Maltine with Cod Liver Oil/ Endorsed by the Medical Profession Throughout The World/ 'Nutritive to every tissues of the body,/ from bone to brain.' Doremus/ The Most Important Constructive Agent Known to Science in Wasting Diseases & Pulmonary Complaints/ For Sale By All Druggists." The felt pieces are orange, beige and gold and there is no apparent way to pin or attach the button.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





