Tin

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Tin

Entry/Object ID

1.91.31

Description

Watkins Laxative Wafers. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/4" W. x 3 5/8" L. x 3/8" D. Description: blue enameled tin container slides into top tin sleeve; white, dark blue and gold enameled graphics and printing on sleeve top, sides and container bottom: "Watkins Laxative Wafers, Truly a Laxative Candy Used In Cases of Constipation to Stimulate and Regulate the Action of the Bowels, Distributed by The J.R. Watkins Company, Winona, Minn. They Do Not Nauseate, They Do Not Gripe"; usage directions in English on the top, and in German and Norwegian on the container bottom, photograph logo of J.R. Watkins.

Context

Grawunder/Klingbeil written on attached adhesive tape label. Medicinal.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Tin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Can

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Exhibitions

Notes

6/10/96

Create Date

April 29, 1992

Update Date

November 21, 2024