Potassium Benzoate
date: label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: maker
content: Lloyd, John Uri
notes: label: Description
content: This specimen is one of 115 samples of "fine and rare chemicals" produced by John Uri Lloyd for display at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1875. Lloyd was presumably awarded a "blue ribbon" for his chemicals at the exposition. The Industrial Expositions, sponsored by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, and the Ohio Mechanics Institute, were held annually from 1870-1888 to showcase the city's manufacturers and businesses.
label: Description
content: Dr. Lloyd donated the collection to the museum in 1924, and, two years later, he donated the medal he received at the exposition (see object MG.M-02211). John Uri Lloyd (1849-1936) was a pharmacist and leader of the eclectic medical movement in the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: related event
content: Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. John Uri Lloyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01998
label: catalog number
content: M-01998
label: accession number
content: 83413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Potassium Benzoate; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid