Prescription Label, Apotheke in Oberhausen
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.
- Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.1313
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.1313
- Object Name
- prescription label
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_1386204
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-1ea8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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