Pill Roller

Name/Title

Pill Roller

Entry/Object ID

X.0094

Description

Wooden boards with grooved metal plates for making pills

Context

The pill roller, patented in the late 1860's, was a way to increase medicine production at pharmacies and drugstores. Milner's Drug Store opened in 1853 in downtown Florence, Alabama. It served as a general store, pharmacy, and gathering place for generations of Florence citizens.