Cannabis, Fluid Extract, U.S.P. (American Cannabis)
date: label: Date made
content: 1933
name: label: maker
content: Parke, Davis and Company
notes: label: Description
content: In the late 1890s, Eli Lilly & Co. joined with Parke-Davis & Co., to breed Cannabis in the United States, and boasted that their new Cannabis americana was a “new and potent strain of domestic Cannabis.” The Parke-Davis & Co. paper label on this jar reads in part “Fluid Extract of American Cannabis was introduced to the medical / profession by us. The Cannabis we use is grown in / our own botanical gardens.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Parke, Davis and Company; Accession 126329 (1933)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03599
label: catalog number
content: M-03599
label: accession number
content: 126329
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cannabis, Fluid Extract
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Cannabis, Fluid Extract; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cannabis, fluid extract (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 in; 13.335 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm