TIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PRAIRIE ITCH OINTMENT
- Date Range From
- 1885
- Date Range To
- 1929
- Materials
- ALUMINUM, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035112
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PRAIRIE ITCH OINTMENT
- Date Range From
- 1885
- Date Range To
- 1929
- Materials
- ALUMINUM, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 2.1
- Diameter
- 6.8
- Description
- A ROUND SILVER TIN. MUCH OF THE TIN HAS TURNED BLACK. THE LID COVERS HALF OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TIN. THERE IS A YELLOWISH, ROUND LABEL ON THE TIN THAT READS "PRAIRIE ITCH OINTMENT CONTAINS: STORAX, R[?]SOREIN, MENTHOL, CAMPHOR, [C]ARBOLIC ACID, 5 PERCENT AND SULPHUR. DIRECTIONS: CLEANSE THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN, USING SOAP . . . WITH WARM WATER AND CAS[???] SOAP. "ALBERTA'S PIONEER DRUGGISTS" J.D. HIGINBOTHAM & CO.LTD. WHOLESALE & RETAIL CHEMISTS LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA". THERE ARE BROWN SPOTS ON THE LABEL. THE BOTTOM OF THE TIN HAS THE IMPRESSION OF A DIAMOND WITH A CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE. TIN IS NEARLY FULL OF OINTMENT.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- CAME FROM PEMMICAN CLUB WITH A TAG THAT SAID "PRAIRIE ITCH OINTMENT BY J.D. HIGINBOTHAM LETHBRIDGE". ON THE BACK WAS A BLUE PLASTIC TAG EMBOSSED WITH "1987.456". JOHN D. HIGINBOTHAM OPENED HIS FIRST PHARMACY IN LETHBRIDGE IN OCTOBER 1885. HIS COMPANY REMAINED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL APRIL 30, 1929 WHEN HE SOLD OUT TO A.M. SUTHERLAND DRUG COMPANY LTD. SEE P19990035001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035112
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
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