Cala Cream

Object Details

maker

Globe Laboratories

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Soothes, alleviates and heals the irritations caused by 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 Glaser

Date made

After March 1932

ID Number

1985.0481.025

catalog number

1985.0481.025

accession number

1985.0481

Object Name

Patent Medicine

otc preparation

Object Type

Drugs

Measurements

overall: 15.4 cm x 4.4 cm x 3.7 cm; 6 1/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 7/16 in

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

tube: 5 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.175 cm

place made

United States: New York, New York City

United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

First Aid Products & Antiseptics

Pain & Neuralgia Drugs

Rubs, Liniments & Ointments

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-de86-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_209422