Prescription Label, Adler Apotheke von F. W. Weber
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria. Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Religion
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.1159
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.1159
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
objectType: label: Object Name
content: prescription label
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 5.8 cm; 6 1/2 in x 2 5/16 in