Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This envelope is printed on the front with a color picture of a man's and woman's feet and reads "Rest and Comfort/ Allen's Foot-Ease/ The Antiseptic Powder to be shaken into shoes...Try this sample now.../ Allen S. Olmstead/ Proprietor, Le Roy, N.Y.". On the front and back are descriptions and instructions.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.793
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48075
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1908-1940
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small printed evelope has a color cartoon of hobos walking on railroad tracks and reads on the front "4 Plasters Price 15 c./ Blue-Jay/ Corn Plasters/ make hard roads easy/ B&B/ They stop the pain and / Remove the corn/ Prepared by Bauer & Black, Chicago, U.S.A.". On the back is the patent date "Aug. 4th 1908" and instructions.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.792
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
48072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1906-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 1/2 x 2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small pink blue packet has black printing on the front that reads "Red Cross/ Court Plaster/ Tri-Color/ Johnson & Johnson/ New York". Inside are plasters and instructions for use.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.791
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1906-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 x 2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small blue packet has gold printing on the front that reads "Dolphin/ Court Plaster/ Silk- Tricolor/ Seabury & Johnson/ New York". Inside are plasters and instructions for use of Mustard Plasters and ads for Benson's Plasters, Corn and Bunion Plasters, Sulphur Candles, and Medicated Toilet Soaps.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.789
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1906-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 x 2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small packet has a red, pink and gold print with an eagle over a shield on the front and reads "Centennial Tri-Colored/ Court Plaster/ Seabury & Johnson/ New York, U.S.A./ Laboratories, East Orange, N.J.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.788
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48069
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small manila packet is printed in black on the front "A free sample of/ Allen's Foot-Ease/ The Antiseptic Powder for the Feet.../ Allen S. Olmstead/ Home Laboratory, Le Roy, N.Y.". On the back are testimonials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.790
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48067
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small yellow packet has a pink and green floral design on the front and back and on the front in black "Arnica/ Court Plaster/ Tri-Colored/ Waterproof & Very/ Adhesive/ Prepared by/ Seabury & Johnson/ London and New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.786
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48066
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 x 1 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This tiny red rectangular metal box holds corn plasters. It printed on the lid in black "10 Cents A Box/ Comfort Corn Plaster/ Relieves and Cures Corns/ Shaped to Fit the Toe/ National Plaster Company/ Boston, Mass."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.785
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
48065
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 x 2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This small packet has a blue yellow and green print with butterflies on the front and back and on the front embossed in gold foil "Court Plasters/ Seabury & Johnson/ Assorted Colors". Inside are black, yellow and pink plasters and instructions for "Ready Made" and "Mead's" plasters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.787
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1906-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1 3/8 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
This tiny metal canister holds an adhesive plaster. It is red with white and blue and the side reads "Zonas/ Adhesive Plaster/ Manufactured By Johnson & Johnson/ One/ One Yard". Reference to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 dates this.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.784
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.














