The Ru-Ex Compound
date: label: date made
content: prior to 1940
name: label: maker
content: Ru-Ex Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A preparation intended to be helpful in allaying muscular aches and pains
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: Minnesota, St. Paul
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney U. Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3089.079
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3089.079
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 6.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 2 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 6.35 cm