Dr. Pettit's American Eye Water
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: Howard Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: No information about indications or use are provided on the packaging.
label: Description
content: The Howard Brothers of Buffalo, New York produced this bottle of Dr. Pettit’s American Eye Water around 1900. In 1842 Dr. James Pettit formulated the eye salve in Fredonia, New York, selling the business to Edward and Clarence Howard in 1876. The Howard Brothers moved the company to Buffalo, New York in 1888. Dr. Pettit’s American Eye Water was used to sooth irritated eyes.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Balm of America
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard Holstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0062.23
label: accession number
content: 2008.0062
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0062.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.795 cm x 4.7625 cm