Zerbst's Capsules
date: label: date made
content: prior to 1967
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A Relief for Minor Aches and Pains associated with Colds, simple Neuralgia and Headache, and Muscular Aches and Pains resulting from fatigue. These capsules, as used, have a gentle laxative action.
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: Missouri, Saint Joseph
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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: 1988.3089.096
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3089.096
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.3 cm x 4.1 cm x 1 cm; 2 1/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm