Medicine Tin for John Slater's Asthmaine, labeled "IS A SAFE EFFECTUAL AND RELIABLE REMEDY FOR THE VARIOUS KINDS OF ASTHMA OR PHTHISIC." Full label on tin has description of illness and directions.
Acquisition
Accession
2011.008
Source or Donor
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Acquisition Method
Gift
Dimensions
Height
5-1/2 in
Width
3-3/16 in
Depth
1 in
Provenance
Notes
According to the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Slater was a grocer and druggist with a shop at 53 Market Street. He was a featured advertisement in The Portsmouth Journal Illustrated Almanac in 1881 and 1882.
