Alka-Seltzer tablets bottle from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: before 1978
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Miles Laboratories, American, 1884 - 1995
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: An Alka-Seltzer tablets bottle from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The cylindrical glass bottle has a metal screw on cap. The bottle (A2015.273.1.1.14a) is entirely clear glass with molded threading at the mouth. Adhered over most of the body is a light blue adhesive label that wraps entirely around the bottle. At one end of the label is a dark blue banner with a thin white frame. Printed at the center of the banner is the name of the product, [® / Alka – Seltzer / BRAND], in large and small, vertically oriented, white text. Also printed in vertically oriented, white and navy blue text around the label are storage instructions, uses for various medical conditions, manufacturing information, and directions for use. The bottom of the bottle has an illegible molded stamp. The bottle’s metal cap (A2015.273.1.1.14b) is light blue. Around the top edges of the cap is a molded hand grip and printed on the top is a dark blue circular band with light blue text that reads [Alka – Seltzer • Alka – Seltzer •]. Printed inside the circular band is dark blue text that reads [DISCARD / PROTECTIVE / FOAM CUSHION / AFTER OPENING / CLOSE CAP / TIGHTLY]. The interior of the cap is white with molded threading that screws on the glass bottle.
place: label: Place made
content: Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.14ab
objectType: label: Type
content: medicine bottles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) and metal on glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 2 11/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in. (6.8 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.14a): 2 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (6.6 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.14b): 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in. (1.1 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm)