Object Details
- Description
- The label on this container reads in part “JAYNE’S / SANATIVE PILLS / CONCENTRATED / SMALL SIZE, SUGAR-COATED & / IMPROVED. . .” There are two green and white 1/8th cent Internal Revenue Stamps, stamped Dr. D. J. & S., 7/1/1898. This firm, one of the first patent medicine companies to use an almanac as a marketing tool, printed their first almanac in 1843. David Jayne (1799-1866) began life in modest circumstances, but left an estate worth $3 million.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1898
- ID Number
- 1993.0443.01
- catalog number
- 1993.0443.01
- accession number
- 1993.0443
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicine, Vial of; Pharmaceutical; Pills
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- cork (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- pink (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9.3 cm x 1.9 cm; 3 11/16 in x 3/4 in
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 3/4 in; x 9.8425 cm x 1.905 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1147499
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-d266-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
