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Object Details

E. Fougera and Company

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:; Use for muscular aches and pains, minor burns and cuts, chest colds, insect bites and stings, sunburn.; 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.
Location: Currently not on view

Physical Description: oil of cajeput (drug active ingredients); camphor (drug active ingredients); soap liniment (drug active ingredients); stronger ammonia water (drug active ingredients); chloroform (drug active ingredients); oil of turpentine (drug active ingredients); oil of white thyme (drug active ingredients)
Measurements: box: 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm; jar: 2 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 4.445 cm

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