Mitchell's Original Cure All Corn and Bunion Plaster
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1906
name: label: maker
content: George E. Mitchell Novelty Plaster Works
notes: label: Description
content: Text on the back of the package reads, in part, “MITCHELL’S ORIGINAL KIDNEY PLASTERS” and “The productions of G. E. Mitchell for 1895 / Southville, Mass.” George E. Mitchell established the Pioneer Novelty Plaster Works in Lowell, Mass., in 1864. He moved the firm to Southville, a village in Worcester County, in 1898.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard W. Pollay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0018.149
label: accession number
content: 2008.0018
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0018.149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plasters
label: Object Type
content: OTC Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 3/8 in x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm