Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #034

Dublin Core

Title

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #034

Subject

Medicinal Bottle

Description

Large complete oval 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: 9.37 cm
Width: 4.83 cm
Height: 21.3 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

#033, #035, #036, #037, #038, #039, #055

Format

Glass

Type

Physical Object

Files

#034 b.JPG
DSC01389.jpg

Citation

Mrs. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company, “Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #034,” UNL Campus Archaeology, accessed June 6, 2025, https://anth-omeka.unl.edu/campus_archaeology/items/show/414.