Name/Title
WATKINS PETRO-CARBO SALVEEntry/Object ID
2003.71.2.1Description
Color: Black; Red; White; Yellow
A tin of Watkins Petro-Carbo Salve, manufactured by Marrows, Inc., Newark, Memphis, Oakland, and Winona, Minnesota, ca. 1920s. The item consists of a round metal tin with the sides of the lid and bottom having a stylized pattern of red, black, gold, and white rectangular panels with other designs between the panels. The lid top has the product name, a likeness of company founder J. R. Watkins, the net weight of the product, the company locations, and active ingredients. On the edge of the lid is rthe phrase "MADE BY THE MAKERS OF WATKINS LINIMENT," and the notation that there was "PHENOL 11 GRAINS PER OUNCE." On the bottom is information on uses for humans and animals, directions, and the company name. With abrasions, rubbing, dents, fading of color, stains on the bottom, and some heavy tarnishing, the overall condition is fair.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Tins, J. R. Watkins Company, The, Hygiene products
