Hydraseptine Vaginal Suppositories
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s
notes: label: Description
content: A box with brown paper wrapping and blue print. The box contains 24 suppositories and was priced at $1.00. Text on wrapper includes: "Hy'ne Vaginal / Suppositories / Has been on the / market since 1887" The Hy'ne trademark also appears on the wrapper: a woman's head in profile surrounded by a halo of light rays with the HY'NE name above. The box is sealed and unopened. Made by the Hy'ne Company, 1737-1741 N. Campbell Ave., Chicago, IL.
label: Description
content: Trademark registered 1932.
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: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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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: Feminine Care
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0481.073
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0481.073
label: accession number
content: 1985.0481
objectType: label: Object Name
content: feminine hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: vaginal suppositories
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 3 in x 1 1/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.8575 cm