Humphrey's Ointment
name: label: maker
content: Humphreys Medicine Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: A soothing application to relieve itching, burning and soreness of: simple skin irritations, non-venomous insect bites, minor burns, scalds, cuts and bruises, chafing, prickly heat, windburn, sunburn, simple piles
label: Description
content: This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: First Aid Products & Antiseptics
label: Subject
content: Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
label: Subject
content: Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0481.072
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0481.072
label: accession number
content: 1985.0481
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Humphrey's Ointment; Drugs; Pharmacy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
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content: metal (container material)
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content: paper (container material)
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content: green (packaging color)
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content: white (packaging color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (packaging color)
label: Physical Description
content: camphor (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: pyroligneous acid (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: witch hazel extract (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: oil of rosemary (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: specially prepared base (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: jar: 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm