Cala Cream

Object Details

maker

McKesson and Robbins

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For Poison Oak and Poison Ivy

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 U. Glaser

date made

before 1967

ID Number

1988.3089.018

catalog number

1988.3089.018

nonaccession number

1988.3089

Object Name

otc preparation

Physical Description

cardboard (overall material)

tin (overall material)

Measurements

box: 6 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 15.5575 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm

bottle: 5 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 3.17848 cm x 3.175 cm

paper insert, folded: 1 1/8 in x 7 in x 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 17.78 cm x .635 cm

place made

Canada: Quebec, Montreal

United States: New York, New York City

United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-c003-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1377151