Object Details
- Lehn & Fink Products Corporation
- Description
- Orange cardboard box (lid is missing) with red and black printed text. The text provides information and directions for use and touts the efficacy of the product as a germicide. Uses described on the box include: for an antiseptic douche; for everyday cuts, scratches and lacerations; for ringworm of the foot; for burns, scalds, etc.; for beestings and non-venomous insect bites; for the disinfection of sick rooms, kitchen, bathroom, and laundry.
- A label on the front of the box was applied over the original text. It lists the F.D.A. Phenol Coeefficient as 5, and discusses a change in formula due to wartime conditions. Instructions to dilute the solution are present in red on three sides (all but the front). The front of the box features "How To Make Solutions." One side of the box has a druggist's red and white poison label featuring the skull and crossbones.The druggist's label reads: Brooks' Drug Store / L. W. Brooks / Chautauqua, New York ."
- The box contains a brown glass bottle (still partially full) which contained 2.5 fl. oz. of liquid. The bottle has a brown plastic and cork stopper and is embossed just below the neck with four cursive "Lysol"s. The paper label is orange with red and black text. It includes a white band with a skull and crossbones and the words "Caution / Poison" and an extensive warning about the properties of the product and it's dangers, especially when undiluted. It also provides an antidote for ingestion or contact with skin while undiluted. Each side of the label gives the proper proportions for dilution for various uses. This label includes the explanation regarding wartime and the changed formula, as well as a list of active and inert ingredients.
- ca 1941-1945
- ID Number
- 2010.0213.037
- accession number
- 2010.0213
- catalog number
- 2010.0213.037
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- disinfectant
- personal hygiene product
- Physical Description
- cardboard (packaging material)
- glass (container material)
- cork (container material)
- plastic (container material)
- soap (product active ingredients)
- paper (container material)
- Orthohydroxydiphenyl (product active ingredients)
- Cresylic Acid (product active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 4 3/8 in x 2 in x 2 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.3975 cm
- bottle: 4 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 4.7625 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Bloomfield
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feet
- Beauty and Health
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
- Exhibition
- First Do No Harm
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_1414287
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-64b4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
