Thayer's Slippery Elm Throat Lozenges

Object/Artifact

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Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy

Name/Title

Thayer's Slippery Elm Throat Lozenges

Entry/Object ID

PCP.2004.1.14

Description

Thayer's slippery elm throat lozenges

Category

medicines, plant specimen

Acquisition

Accession

PCP.2004.1

Source or Donor

Sidney Weinberg

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Sidney Weinberg (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class of 1954), 2004

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Henry Thayer Company

Time Period

Early to mid-20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Box

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

3/8 in

Length

2-3/8 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

From 2016 gallery label: The selection shown here is from approximately 200 items (mostly medicines and a wide variety of drugstore products) generously gifted by retired Philadelphia pharmacist, and PCP alumnus, Sidney Weinberg. The majority of these items originated from a pharmacy in Northeast Philadelphia founded in the early 20th century.