Name/Title
Van Allen's Pharmacy Pill Box, 1941Entry/Object ID
1981.268.2Description
Acc. No.81.268.2
Subject Category: Businesses,
Pharmacy Date or Period: 1941
Object: Box, pill
Description: Cardboard pill box, top opens with paper hinge. Box covered with off white paper with navy blue trim. On the exterior cover is a printed label stating "Prescription RX experts, Van Allen's Pharmacy, Phone Alameda 2020, Park and Encinal, Alameda, Cal, Directions inside". In the interior are the typed directions for use, date, and doctors name.
Size: 3" x 2", ½" thick.
History of Object: Medicine box from Van Allen's Pharmacy, Park and Encinal, prescription dated Jan 14, 1941, issued by Dr. Nicolsen.
Acquired from: Lynn Nelson
Date: Aug 26, 1981
