Object Details
- Drexel Laboratories
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For the reilef of itching and discomfort due to externally caused minor skin irritations, burns, cuts and abrasions. Also for treatment of "Athlete's Foot."
- 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 Glaser
- ID Number
- 1985.0481.059
- catalog number
- 1985.0481.059
- accession number
- 1985.0481
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- personal hygiene product
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- lanolin (drug active ingredients)
- oxyquinoline sulphate (drug active ingredients)
- benzocaine (drug active ingredients)
- urea (drug active ingredients)
- nethol (drug active ingredients)
- camphor (drug active ingredients)
- eucalyptol (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm
- jar: 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Upper Darby, Drexel Hill
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- First Aid Products & Antiseptics
- Foot Products
- Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
- Record ID
- nmah_210272
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ddf1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
