medicinal bottle with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact27456
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.113.35
- Description
- Cardboard box with illustrations. Box contains a clear glass bottle with gold metal screw-on lid and label embossed into the bottle. Bottle has brown liquid residue. Bottle has a rounded, oval base.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- box: label marked "DR. / THOMAS / ECLECTRIC / OIL." Between 3rd and 4th line reads " DOSE SMALL-EFFECT SURE / FOR / DIRECTIONS / SEE INSIDE / CIRCULAR". Black text on white label. Label covered in illustrations. One side of box has a message to the buyer. The other side of box has content info. The back of the box contains content info. in French.
- bottle : label marked "DR S.N. THOMAS / No. 5520 THE PROPRIETARY / OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT / ECLECTRIC OIL". Text is embossed into the glass.
- Measurements
- box: 15 cm height x 5.5 cm width x 2.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto