BOX-LAXATIVE, CARDBOARD, PINK & BLUE, PINKIE PRIMS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

BOX-LAXATIVE, CARDBOARD, PINK & BLUE, "PINKIE PRIMS"

Entry/Object ID

91.16.1.1

Description

BOX-LAXATIVE, CARDBOARD, PINK & BLUE, "PINKIE PRIMS" One box "Pinkie Prims" pills, cardboard, pink outer box with blue borders, bottom of outer box gives directions for using Pinkie pills, inside of tray cream color with three pills still attached, remnants of pills left on box, total of 18 pills rectangular with curved corners, pink in color, pills in two rows, enclosed paper with directions in six different languages. Top of box reads "PINKIE PRIMS/(Keeps the Kiddies in trim)/The Ideal Laxative/Easy to Take/Eat them Like candy/THE CASCO COMPANY/CANTON..OHIO/Price 25 cents" in blue ink, lower lateral side reads "RELIEVES CONSTIPATION/Eat them Like Candy", top lateral side reads in blue ink "THE IDEAL LAXATIVE/For Young and Old".

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Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Pillboxes (containers)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pillboxes (Containers)