Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #035

Dublin Core

Title

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #035

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: Ideal Oval. Direction of embossing: vertical.
Length: 9.23 cm
Width: 4.72 cm
Height: 21.1 cm

Creator

Mrs. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company

Source

1997 UNL Anthropology Field School

Publisher

2017 UNL Anthropology
2018 UNL Anthropology

Date

Late 1800s

Contributor

Elliott, Catherine
Evers, Riley

Rights

UNL Anthropology

Relation

#033, #034, #036, #037, #038, #039, #055

Format

Glass
211 x 92.3 x 47.2 cm

Type

Physical Object

Files

0421161541 (2) (640x360).jpg
1.035 (2).jpg

Citation

Mrs. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company , “Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #035,” UNL Campus Archaeology, accessed April 19, 2025, https://anth-omeka.unl.edu/campus_archaeology/items/show/8.