Bottle

Bottle

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Description
Greenish glass bottle with embossed inscriptions that read "SCHENCK'S / PULMONIC / SYRUP / PHILADA." The syrup was on the market by 1865. The A.M.A. reported in 1913 that it was “essentially a wintergreen-flavored mixture of saccharin syrups.” In 1914, an attorney for the Southern District of New York, seized and condemned several cases of Schenck’s pulmonic syrup, claiming they were misbranded in violation of the federal Pure Food and Drug Act.
Ref: Full page ad for J. H. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup in New York Times (Nov. 18, 1865), p. 3.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Bottle
otc preparation
Other Terms
Bottle; Containers
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description
green (overall color)
glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
green ware (overall popular color name)
8-sided (overall shape)
narrow mouth (overall shape)
Measurements
overall: 7 3/8 in x 3 in x 3 in; 18.7325 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm
ID Number
MG.65.2073
accession number
256516
catalog number
65.2073
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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