Green and black metal box for storing herbs; flip-top lid hinged at back (lid no longer opens); red metal labels on front and top; has been written on in red, black and green.
Green and black metal box for storing herbs; flip-top lid hinged at back (lid no longer opens); red metal labels on front and top; has been written on in red, black and green.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Dates
1923
circa 1923
Date Remarks
According to Jack Willson, they were not made after this date
Material
metal: green; black; silver; red
Inscriptions
Top: "PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // CHOICE // BOTANIC DRUGS // PRESSED" on label: "TANSY // (Tanactum Vulgare.)"; on front: "CHOICE // BOTANIC DRUGS // PRESSED"; on label: "TANSY // (Tanactum vulgare.)"; label overwritten by hand with "20¢" "15¢/oz [scratched out]"; "PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS"; overwritten by hand with: "15¢ [scratched out] 2/25 [scratched out] 10¢"; left side: [monogramme] "PD&CO"; right side: [monogramme] PD&CO"; back: "SELECTED // PRESSED // HERBS // INCLUDING // HERBS, LEAVES, FLOWERS, // BARKS AND ROOTS // We invite attention to the following points of superiority. [listed]" "PARKE, DAVIS & CO."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-9 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length 22.5 cm x Width 12.3 cm x Depth 13.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Extensive corrosion on bottom and some corrosion where paint is chipped; yellow-brown accretion in one spot on front; front is dented in two places and very dirty; somewhat dirty overall; paint scratched; #2: extensive inactive corrosion on bottom of container; all six sides stained and scratched; top, front, right rear corner dented; grease pencil marks on front.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 7; personal communication with Jack Willson, May 2000; CD #2
Research Facts
These distinctive green and black tins were made by Parke-Davis for druggists to display their herbs, to make them more visible to the public
Exhibit History
History of Contraception exhibit, Fraser-Armstrong 5, Kingston General Hospital; March 2004 - Case #1