Dr. Williams Pink Pills, Iron & Vitamins B1 Tonic

Object Details

distributor

W. T. Hanson Company

maker

Dr. Williams Medicine Company

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Useful in simple or nutritional amenia. ... forms an excellent tonic to increase the appetite and aid convalescence.

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

1985.0481.058

catalog number

1985.0481.058

accession number

1985.0481

1985.0481

Object Name

otc preparation

Object Type

Drugs

Measurements

overall: 6.2 cm x 2.9 cm x 2.9 cm; 2 7/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in

box: 1 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.6675 cm x 2.8575 cm

bottle: 2 3/8 in x 1 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.54 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Blood & Liver Drugs

Dietary/ Nutritional Supplements & Reducing Aids

Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins

Women's Health Products

Women's Health

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

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

Record ID

nmah_210270