Object Details
- Description
- This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Kondon Manufacturing Company
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sidney Glaser
- Measurements
- box: 5 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 3.4925 cm x 3.175 cm
- tube: 5 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 in; 13.0175 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.54 cm
- overall: 13.7 cm x 3.3 cm x 3.3 cm; 5 13/32 in x 1 5/16 in x 1 5/16 in
- Object Name
- otc preparation
