Carter's Little Iron Pills
Carter's Little Iron Pills
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- A compound iron tonic to make redder blood
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- date made
- before 1937
- retailer
- Sherman Pharmacy
- maker
- Carter Medicine Company
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- iron (drug active ingredients)
- paper (container material)
- cork (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0460.017
- accession number
- 1985.0460
- catalog number
- 1985.0460.017
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt
- subject
- Blood & Liver Drugs
- Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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