Certified Brand Aspirin
date: label: date made
content: after 1941
name: label: maker
content: Certified Aspirin Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Small, yellow cardboard box with red and brown print containing aspirin tablets. During World War II, manufacturers substituted paper packaging for metal packaging in order to conserve metals for the war effort. These packages were known as "Victory Packages." Printed in red on the back of this package: "BECAUSE STEEL IS NEEDED FOR TANKS, GUNS, PLANES, SHIPS."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0169.01
label: accession number
content: 2014.0169
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0169.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspirin, 5 grain (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 3.7 cm x .7 cm; 31/32 in x 1 15/32 in x 9/32 in