Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #033

Dublin Core

Title

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #033

Subject

Medicinal Bottle

Description

Large complete oval short neck bottle. Aqua. Label: LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND (face)
Lydia Estes Pinkham began selling her home remedy for menstrual a menopausal pains in 1875 in Lynn, Massachusetts after her husband was bankrupted in the Panic of 1873. Through her and her family's revolutionary marketing tactics it became popular nationwide and a version is still sold today. Neck Type: Tooled, Flat or Patent. Profile: Oval. Direction of embossing: vertical.
Length: 9.28 cm
Width: 4.78 cm
Height: 21.0 cm

Creator

Mrs. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company

Source

1997 UNL Anthropology Field School

Publisher

2018 UNL Anthropology

Date

Late 1800’s

Contributor

Evers, Riley

Rights

UNL Anthropology

Relation

#034, #035, #036, #037, #038, #039, #055

Format

Glass

Type

Physical Object

Files

Pinkham .jpeg
DSC01391.jpg

Citation

Mrs. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company, “Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #033,” UNL Campus Archaeology, accessed April 19, 2025, https://anth-omeka.unl.edu/campus_archaeology/items/show/413.