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Maker:

Wilson  Search this

Physical Description:

rubber (overall material)

glass (overall material)

green (overall color)

Measurements:

overall: 16 cm x 6.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 15/16 in

Object Name:

goggles, swimming

Subject:

Sports  Search this

Swimming  Search this

recreational  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.0994

Catalog number:

1985.0475.0994

Accession number:

1985.0475

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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1dae-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1068729

Collection:

Reid Drugstore  Search this

Maker:

Julius Schmid, Inc.  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 18.7 cm x 13.8 cm x 4 cm; 7 3/8 in x 5 7/16 in x 1 9/16 in

carton: 1 1/2 in x 5 in x 7 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 12.7 cm x 18.7325 cm

boxes: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm x 1.905 cm

Object Name:

Condom

contraceptive, condom

Other Terms:

Condom; ?; Contraceptives; Drugs

Place made:

United States: New York, New York City

Date made:

c. 1930 - 1950

1930 - 1950

Date made:

ca 1930s - 1950s

Subject:

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Sexually Transmitted Diseases  Search this

Sex  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Blanche E. Reid

ID Number:

1984.0351.266

Accession number:

1984.0351

Catalog number:

1984.0351.266

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-ba61-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_737967

Creator:

Fournet, Fred G.  Search this

Hallmark.  Search this

Fournet Drugstore.  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this

Extent:

3 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 8 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Trade catalogs

Packaging

Hand coloring

Advertisements

Place:

St. Martinville (La.)

Louisiana

Date:

1950-1977, undated

Summary:

The collection consists primarily of advertising and promotional materials for products sold by the Fournet Drugstore. In addition, there are photographs of the African American community in St. Martinville, Louisiana.

Scope and Contents:

Collection consists primarily of advertising and promotional materials for products sold by the Fournet Drugstore in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Most of these materials are from well-known companies such as Hallmark Cards, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson; Yardley of London; and Max Factor & Company. Of particular interest are the photographs documenting the African American community primarily from the 1950s.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1, Photographs, 1950-1967, undated

Subseries 1.1, Identified Prints, 1950-1967, undated

Subseries 1.2, Unidentifed Prints, 1956-1964, undated

Series 2, Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, 1971-1977, undated

Series 3, Point of Purchase Displays and Packaging, 1973-1977, undated

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Scurlock Studio Records, NMAH.AC.0618

African American Portrait Tintypes, NMAH.AC.0515

African American Family Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.1127

G. Dwoyid Olmstead Photonegatives, NMAH.AC.0270

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, NMAH.AC.0001

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subject: Patent Medicine, NMAH.AC.0060

Norcross Greeting Card Collection, NMAH.AC.0058

Albert W. Hampson Commercial Artwork Collection, NMAH.AC.0561

Syntex Collection of Pharmaceutical Advertising, NMAH.AC.0821

Marion O'Brien Donovan Papers, NMAH.AC.0721

Alka-Seltzer Oral History and Documentation Project, NMAH.AC.0184

Product Cookbooks Collection, NMAH.AC.0396

NW Ayer Advertising Agency Records, NMAH.AC.0059

Binney & Smith, Incorporated, Records, NMAH.AC.0624

Carolyn Jones Papers, NMAH.AC.0552

Beverly Partridge Shopping Bag Collection, NMAH.AC.0493

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Museum by Magdell F. Theriot and Fred G. Fournet in 1984.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Family-owned business enterprises  Search this

African American weddings  Search this

Drugstores  Search this

Genre/Form:

Trade catalogs

Packaging

Hand coloring

Advertisements -- 20th century

Citation:

Fournet Drugstore Collection, 1950-1977, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0346

See more items in:

Fournet Drugstore Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fa76a298-f0ab-4848-b795-9b97377e622f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0346

Creator:

Salem China Company  Search this

American Limoges China Co.  Search this

Sebring Pottery Company  Search this

Crescent China Company  Search this

Leigh Potters, Inc.  Search this

Names:

James Sadler Company  Search this

Extent:

10.15 Cubic feet (26 boxes, 9 map-folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Bulletins

Records

Drawings

Clippings

Blueprints

Place:

Ohio

Date:

1930s-1981

Summary:

Includes records of the Salem China Company relating to the administration of the company, its sales and art department, and other material relating to plant operations prior to 1960, when the company ceased manufacturing and became a distributor only. Includes photographs of various promotions, Salem China patterns, factory buildings, sales staff, show rooms, etc. as well as extensive advertising material of the Salem China Co. and its competitors. Another series contains blueprints and drawings of the Salem China Company's plant and equipment. Another series contains bulletins issued by the Associated Industries of Cleveland from 1977 to 1981.

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes records of the Salem China Company relating to administration of the company, its sales and art department and other material relating to plant operations prior to 1960 when the company ceased manufacturing and became a distributor only. There are a number of photographs of various promotions, Salem China patterns, factory buildings, sales staff, show rooms, etc. There is extensive advertising material of both the Salem China Co. and of its competitors. Another series consists of blueprints and drawings of the Salem China Company's plant and equipment. There is also a series of bulletins issued by the Associated Industries of Cleveland from 1977 to 1981.

Series 1: General Administration, includes a history of Salem, Ohio as well as a history of the United States pottery industry written by Floyd W. McKee, long time manager of the Salem China Company, after he retired. Issues of the Stylon News from 1954 to 1957 indicate the company's interest in tile. Union materials relate to the several craft unions concerned with organizing pottery plants. There is some generalized anti union material.

Series 2 contains bulletins of the Associated Industries of Cleveland (AIC). These bulletins include material of general interest to members, bulletins from the legal counsel, a newsletter for executives, bulletins relating to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and surveys of management employee relations, salaries and benefits and wage settlements.

The third series consists of the Sales Department's records, including advertising brochures, pamphlets and photographs relating to various promotions supermarket, bank, movie, department store as well as those for general advertising of Salem products, the records of a factory outlet store operated by the Salem China Company, bulletins, a notebook and other materials directed to the sales staff.

Art Department records incorporate mats, photographs, some drawings and occasional negatives of nearly 40 patterns of china as well as service plates and souvenir plates. The notebooks relate to premiums, specialized ware such as children's ware, proofs, photos, half tones and ads.

Over 65 companies are represented in the competitors' advertising material, most of which relates to china although there are a few tile and other manufacturers included.

With the exception of the art department notebooks, and the drawings and blueprints, most of the collection is in good condition.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into ten series.

Series 1: Executive and Administrative Records

Series 2: Labor Relations

Series 3: Sales Department Records

Series 4: Promotional Photographs

Series 5: Art Department Records

Series 6: Plant Operating Records

Series 7: Competitors' Advertising

Series 8: US Potters Association

Series 9: Tile Industry

Series 10: Associated Industries of Cleveland

Biographical / Historical:

The Salem China Company of Salem, Ohio was founded in 1898 by Pat and John McNichol, Dan Cronin and William Smith, all from East Liverpool, Ohio. It was sold to the F.A. Sebrings of Sebring, Ohio in 1918. Until retirement in 1950, Floyd W. McKee, who had been with the company since 1918, was the general manager. When he retired in 1950 J. Harrison Keller, the husband of F.A. Sebring's granddaughter, Gretchen, took over the management of the company. Harrison Keller was also president of the United States Potters Association, the principal function of which was labor negotiations. From 1898 until 1960 the company was engaged in both manufacturing and distribution. Since 1960, its function has been distribution only.

In addition to the manufacture and distribution of dinnerware, novelty and souvenirware, the Salem China Co. distributed flatware, crystal and Corningware and was the American distributor for the James Sadler Company, English manufacturers of teapots. The company supplemented its sales to retail outlets by heavy reliance on bank, movie, drugstore and supermarket promotions. For example, Peoples Drug Co. used over 150,000 thirty two piece sets of dishes from the Salem China Co. in the 1930's with the buyer paying $2.98 for a set costing $2.72 at the factory. During the 30's also, about 130 carloads of Salem dinnerware were used by American Stores in Philadelphia in promotions. In 1993, the president of the Salem China Co. was Gary Keller.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Salem China Company, February 22, 1989.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Porcelain  Search this

Potters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Bulletins

Records

Drawings -- 20th century

Clippings

Blueprints -- 20th century

Citation:

The Salem China China Company Collection, 1930s-1981, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0325

See more items in:

The Salem China Company Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d3c42798-e287-4b04-a398-0c57713bab43

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0325

Physical Description:

"colorless" (overall color)

glass, ?, transparent (overall material)

metal (cap material)

flint ware (overall popular color name)

round (overall shape)

wide mouth (overall shape)

Measurements:

overall: 16 cm x 8.6 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 3/8 in

Object Name:

Bottle

Other Terms:

Bottle; Containers

Credit Line:

Gift of William H. Helfand

ID Number:

1980.0428.03

Accession number:

1980.0428

Catalog number:

1980.0428.03

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-81ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_728305

Creator:

Saarinen, Lilian Swann, 1912-1995  Search this

Names:

Cambridge Art Center  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Faculty  Search this

G Place Gallery (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Knoll Associates, inc.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty  Search this

Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Otava Publishing Company  Search this

Reynal & Hitchcock  Search this

Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975  Search this

Crosby, Caresse, 1892-  Search this

Eames, Charles  Search this

Eames, Ray  Search this

Koch, Carl  Search this

Kreis, Henry, 1899-1963  Search this

Milles, Carl, 1875-1955  Search this

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946  Search this

Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905-  Search this

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961  Search this

Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950  Search this

Saarinen, Loja  Search this

Venturi, Robert  Search this

Weese, Harry, 1915-1998  Search this

Extent:

9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Diaries

Illustrations

Sketches

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1909-1977

Summary:

The papers of Cambridge sculptor and illustrator, Lilian Swann Saarinen, measure nine linear feet and date from circa 1909 to 1977. The collection documents Saarinen's career through correspondence with artists, architects, publishers, and gallery owners; writings and notes, including manuscripts and illustrations for children's books and publications; project and teaching files; financial records; artwork, including numerous project sketches; and photos of Saarinen and her artwork. Saarinen's personal life is also documented through diaries and correspondence with friends and family members, including Eero Saarinen, to whom she was married from 1939-1953.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Cambridge sculptor and illustrator, Lilian Swann Saarinen, measure nine linear feet and date from circa 1909 to 1977. The collection documents Saarinen's career through correspondence with artists, architects, publishers, and gallery owners; writings and notes, including manuscripts and illustrations for children's books and publications; project and teaching files; financial records; artwork, including numerous project sketches; and photos of Saarinen and her artwork. Saarinen's personal life is also documented through diaries and correspondence with friends and family members, including Eero Saarinen, to whom she was married from 1939-1953.

Biographical material consists of resumes and biographical sketches, as well as a 1951 blueprint for the Eero Saarinen and Associates Office Building in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Correspondence documents Saarinen's personal and professional life through letters to and from Eero Saarinen and other family members, including six letters from Loja Saarinen; correspondence with artists and architects, including Merle Armitage, Charles and Ray Eames, Carl Koch, Henry Kreis, Carl Milles, Laszlo and Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Robert Venturi, and Harry Weese; and friends and colleagues at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Knoll Associates. Also documented is Saarinen's business relationship with Midtown Galleries and Caresse Crosby, and publishers and publications including Child Life, Interiors, Otava Publishing Company, and Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc.

Writings and Notes document Saarinen's work on several children's publications, including Picture Book Zoo (1935) and Who Am I? (1946), through correspondence, notes, manuscript drafts, and extensive sketches. This series also includes Saarinen's ideas for other publications and incorporates some early writings and notes, as well as typescripts of her reminiscences about Eliel Saarinen, the Saarinen family, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Diaries consist of bound diary volumes, loose-leaf journal entries, and heavily annotated engagement calendars, documenting Saarinen's personal life, artistic aspirations, and career development from the 1930s-1970s. This material provides a deeply personal view of the emotional landscape of Saarinen's life, her struggles to balance her identity as a working artist with the roles of wife, mother, and homemaker, and the complex, and often competing, relationships within the renowned architectural family into which she married.

Project files document Saarinen's work on book cover designs, federal and post office commissions in Bloomfield, Indiana, Carlisle, Kentucky, and Evanston, Illinois, reliefs for the Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, and other important commissions including the Harbor National Bank Clock in Boston, Massachusetts, the KLM Airlines installation at JFK Airport, the Fountain of Noah sculpture at the Northland Center in Detroit, Michigan, and the interior of Toffenetti's restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Also documented is her role in designs for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, with Eero Saarinen.

Teaching files document Saarinen's "Language of Clay Course" which she taught at Cambridge Art Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Financial records document exhibition and sales expenses for two exhibitions, including her show at G Place Gallery in 1944.

Printed material consists of clippings about Saarinen and her family, exhibition announcements and catalogs for herself and others, and reference files from the 1930s-1940s, primarily comprising clippings of animals.

Additional printed material documenting Saarinen's career can be found in one of two scrapbooks found in the collection. An additional scrapbook consists of clippings relating primarily to Saarinen's parents.

Artwork comprises extensive sketches, particularly animal and figure sketches, in graphite, crayon, ink, pastel, and watercolor. The sketches demonstrate in particular Saarinen's developing interest in and skill with animal portraiture from her childhood to the 1960s.

Photographs are primarily of artwork and Saarinen's 1944 exhibition at G Place Gallery. Also found are one negative of Saarinen, probably with Eero Saarinen, and a group photo including Lilian, Eero, and Eliel Saarinen with the model for the Detroit Civic Center, circa 1940s.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1930s-1960s (3 folders; Box 1, OV 12)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1920-1974 (1.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 8, OV 12)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1920s-1973 (1.3 linear feet, Boxes 2-3, 8, OVs 13-16)

Series 4: Diaries, 1930-1973 (1.4 linear feet, Boxes 3-5, 8)

Series 5: Project Files, 1931-1966 (1.7 linear feet, Boxes 5-6, 8, OVs 17-19)

Series 6: Teaching Files, 1966-1970 (3 folders, Box 6)

Series 7: Financial Records, 1940s-1970s (2 folders, Box 6)

Series 8: Printed Material, circa 1930s-1970s (0.2 linear feet, Box 6)

Series 9: Scrapbooks, circa 1909-1974 (2 folders; Boxes 6, 9)

Series 10: Artwork, circa 1920s-circa 1960s (1.7 linear feet, Boxes 6-7, 9-10, OVs 20-27)

Series 11: Photographs, circa 1940s, 1977 (0.5 linear feet, Boxes 7, 11, OV 27)

Biographical / Historical:

Cambridge artist and sculptor, Lilian Swann Saarinen (1912-1995), studied at the Art Students League with Alexander Archipenko in 1928, and later with Albert Stewart and Heninz Warneke from 1934-1936, before moving to Michigan where she studied with Carl Milles at the Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1936-1940. Saarinen was an accomplished skier and a member of the 1936 US Olympic ski team.

At Cranbrook, Swann met architect Eero Saarinen, whom she married in 1939. She subsequently worked with Saarinen's design group on a variety of projects, including the Westward Expansion Memorial, which later became known as the "Gateway Arch" in St. Louis. Lilian and Eero had a son, Eric, and a daughter, Susie, before divorcing in 1953.

Saarinen, who had developed an affinity for drawing animals in childhood, specialized in animal portraits in a variety of sculptural media. In 1939, she exhibited her sculpture Night, which depicted Bagheera the panther from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, at the World's Fair. The sculpture was placed in the Boston Public Garden in 1986. In the 1930s and 1940s Saarinen was commissioned to work on a variety of architectural projects, including reliefs for post offices in Bloomfield, Indiana, Carlisle, Kentucky, and Evanston, Illinois, and the Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois. She also executed commissions for the Harbor National Bank in Boston, KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) at JFK Airport, the Northland shopping Center in Detroit Michigan, and Toffenetti's Restaurant in Chicago.

Saarinen was a contributing author and illustrator for a variety of publications, including Child Life, Interiors and Portfolio: An Intercontinental Quarterly. In 1935 she illustrated Picture Book Zoo for the Bronx Zoo and in 1946 Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc. published Who Am I?, a children's book which Saarinen wrote and illustrated.

Saarinen taught ceramic sculpture to soldiers for the Red Cross Arts and Skills Unit rehabilitation program in 1945, served on the Visiting Committee to the Museum School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1959-1964, where she taught ceramics, and later taught a course entitled "The Language of Clay" at the Cambridge Art Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of Saarinen's private students at Cambridge was her cousin, Edie Sedgwick.

Saarinen died in Cohasset, Massachusetts, in 1995 at the age of 83.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reels 1152 and 1192) including a scrapbook containing clippings, copies of letters and telegrams received, and reproductions of Saarinen's work. There is a copy of Saarinen's book, "Who Am I?", and three albums containing photographs of Saarinen, photographs and reproductions of her work, a list of exhibitions, quotes about her, and writings by her about sculpture. Lent material was returned to the lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Lilian Swann Saarinen donated the collection in 1975. She lent additional materials for microfilming in 1976.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Illustrated books, Children's  Search this

Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Illustrators -- Massachusetts  Search this

Art, Municipal  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women illustrators  Search this

Function:

Art commissions

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Diaries

Illustrations

Sketches

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Lilian Swann Saarinen papers, circa 1909-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation; and John R. & Barbara Robinson and Deborah Schmidt Robinson & Dr. R. Perry Robinson, The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.saarlili

See more items in:

Lilian Swann Saarinen papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97f1e4305-3886-479a-9db7-48c98fd8d2dd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-saarlili

Physical Description:

metal; rubber (diaphragm material)

metal (tube key material)

paper (booklet, instruction(2) material)

plastic (applicator material)

plastic (diaphragm case material)

Measurements:

overall, box: 8 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 20.6375 cm x 7.9375 cm x 4.445 cm

Object Name:

Diaphragm, Kit

Place made:

United States: Illinois, Chicago

Date made:

ca 1944

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert Locurto

ID Number:

1977.0941.01

Accession number:

1977.0941

Catalog number:

1977.0941.01

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-a3bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_729442

Author:

Jennings, Dana Close  Search this

Subject:

Hustead, Theodore Edward 1902-  Search this

Physical description:

95 p illustrations, ports 31 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

South Dakota

Wall

Date:

1969

Topic:

Drugstores--History  Search this

Drugstores  Search this

Call number:

HF6201.D6 W18

HF6201.D6W18

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_6725

Maker:

Purdue Frederick Company  Search this

Physical Description:

povidone-iodine (product active ingredients)

plastic (container material)

Measurements:

overall: 6 3/8 in x 2 in; 16.1925 cm x 5.08 cm

Object Name:

douche liquid

feminine hygiene product

Place made:

United States: Connecticut, Norwalk

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Date made:

1970s

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.602

Accession number:

1985.0475

Catalog number:

1985.0475.602

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8499-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_835061

Maker:

Chattanooga Medicine Company  Search this

Physical Description:

acetylsalicylic acid (drug active ingredients)

sodium acid pyrophosphate (drug active ingredients)

boric acid (drug active ingredients)

methyl salicylate (drug active ingredients)

thymol (drug active ingredients)

chlorothymol (drug active ingredients)

menthol (drug active ingredients)

Measurements:

overall, box: 3 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 4.1275 cm x 4.1275 cm

Object Name:

douche tablets

feminine hygiene product

Place made:

United States: Tennessee, Chattanooga

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Date made:

after 1936

Subject:

Women's Health Products  Search this

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.603

Accession number:

1985.0475

Catalog number:

1985.0475.603

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-849a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_835062

Maker:

Pfeiffer Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall, cardboard box: 3 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 8.89 cm x 7.3025 cm x 7.3025 cm

Object Name:

feminine hygene product, douche, powder

Place made:

United States: Missouri, Saint Louis

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.609

Accession number:

1985.0475

Catalog number:

1985.0475.609

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-849f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_835068

Maker:

Pfeiffer Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 4 3/4 in x 3 in; x 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm

Object Name:

feminine hygene product, douche, powder

Place made:

United States: Missouri, Saint Louis

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.610

Accession number:

1985.0475

Catalog number:

1985.0475.610

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-84a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_835069

Maker:

Allan and Company  Search this

Physical Description:

menthol (drug active ingredients)

methyl salicylate (drug active ingredients)

carbolic acid (drug active ingredients)

boric acid (drug active ingredients)

zinc sulphate (drug active ingredients)

alum (drug active ingredients)

thymol (drug active ingredients)

sodium salicylate (drug active ingredients)

oil eucalyptus (drug active ingredients)

camphor (drug active ingredients)

Measurements:

overall: 5 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in; x 13.6525 cm x 5.3975 cm

Object Name:

douche powder

feminine hygiene product

deodorant

Place made:

United States: Missouri, St. Louis

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Date made:

after 1938

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.611

Accession number:

1985.0475

Catalog number:

1985.0475.611

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Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-85ff-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_835070

Maker:

Allan and Company  Search this

Physical Description:

alum (drug active ingredients)

thymol (drug active ingredients)

sodium salicylate (drug active ingredients)

menthol (drug active ingredients)

methyl salicylate (drug active ingredients)

oil eucalyptus (drug active ingredients)

camphor (drug active ingredients)

zinc sulphate (drug active ingredients)

carbolic acid (drug active ingredients)

boric acid (drug active ingredients)

Measurements:

overall, cardboard box: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 5.3975 cm x 5.715 cm

Object Name:

douche powder

feminine hygiene product

deodorant

Place made:

United States: Missouri, St. Louis

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Date made:

after 1936

Subject:

Women's Health Products  Search this

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.612

Accession number:

1985.0475

Catalog number:

1985.0475.612

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8600-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_835071

Maker:

Vogarell Products Company  Search this

Physical Description:

boric acid; sodium chloride; sodium sulfo dioctyl succinate; oxyquinoline sulphate (product active ingredients)

metal; paper (container material)

Measurements:

overall: 4 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.3975 cm

Object Name:

douche powder

douche powderJelly

Other Terms:

Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Place made:

United States: California, Los Angeles

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of George and Julius Garfield

ID Number:

1979.1144.142

Accession number:

1979.1144

Catalog number:

1979.1144.142

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Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6314-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_720418

Maker:

Vogarell Products Company  Search this

Physical Description:

boric acid; sodium chloride; sodium sulfo dioctyl succinate; oxyquinoline sulphate (product active ingredients)

metal; paper (container material)

Measurements:

overall: 3 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 in; 7.62 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm

Object Name:

douche powder

Other Terms:

Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Place made:

United States: California, Los Angeles

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of George and Julius Garfield

ID Number:

1979.1144.144

Accession number:

1979.1144

Catalog number:

1979.1144.144

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6315-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_720419

Maker:

Vogarell Products Company  Search this

Physical Description:

boric acid; sodium chloride; sodium sulpho dioctyl succinate; oxyquinoline sulphate (product active ingredients)

paper (packaging material)

Measurements:

overall: 2 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 6.6675 cm x 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm

Object Name:

douche powder

Other Terms:

Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Place made:

United States: California, Los Angeles

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of George and Julius Garfield

ID Number:

1979.1144.143

Accession number:

1979.1144

Catalog number:

1979.1144.143

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6064-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_720420

Maker:

Vogarell Products Company  Search this

Physical Description:

cardboard (packaging (box) material)

metal (tube, vaginal jelly material)

phenylmercuric acetate, 0.02%; oxyquinoline sulphate, boric acid, sodium sulfo dioctyl succinate (vaginal jelly active ingredients)

boric acid; sodium chloride; sodium sulpho dioctyl succinate; oxyquinoline sulphate (douche powder active ingredients)

Measurements:

overall, box: 1 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 4.445 cm x 16.51 cm x 3.4925 cm

Object Name:

contraceptive, vaginal jelly

douche powder

Other Terms:

Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Place made:

United States: California, Los Angeles

Subject:

Women's Health  Search this

Feminine hygiene products  Search this

Birth Control/Contraception  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of George and Julius Garfield

ID Number:

1979.1144.146

Accession number:

1979.1144

Catalog number:

1979.1144.146

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-9258-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_730973

Maker:

Parke, Davis and Company  Search this

Physical Description:

rubber, glass (tubing material)

rubber (base material)

glass (body material)

rubber (bulb material)

Measurements:

overall: 19 cm x 6.5 cm x 5.7 cm; 7 1/2 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 1/4 in

overall: 2 1/4 in x 7 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 19.3675 cm x 6.35 cm

Object Name:

Nebulizer

nebulizer

Associated place:

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

Credit Line:

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number:

1985.0475.805

Catalog number:

1985.0475.805

Accession number:

1985.0475

1985.0475

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3d26-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_335443

Author:

Parke, Davis Company  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this

Names:

Pfizer Inc.  Search this

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis  Search this

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. Pharmaceutical Research Division  Search this

Davis, George S.  Search this

Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist)  Search this

Parke, Hervey Coke , 1827-1899  Search this

Extent:

365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Annual reports

Blueprints

Brochures

Catalogs

Correspondence

Employee records

Formulae, chemical

Lantern slides

Newsletters

Newspaper clippings

Notebooks

Price lists

16mm films

Sound recordings

Tracings

Trade literature

Date:

1866-1992

Summary:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of America's oldest and largest drug makers. Parke, Davis had the first research laboratory in the American pharmaceutical industry. The company played a major role in the development of some of the principle new drugs of the twentieth century and pioneered the field of drug standardization. They were one of the first American firms to produce antitoxins, hormones, and other biologicals. They introduced new and important drugs such as adrenalin, dilantin, chlorenpleniol, and other antibiotics. They also did important research on vitamins, disinfectants, and pencillin.

The collection contains complete documentaion of all the research activities done, including research laboratory notes, correspondence, and published papers. The collection also contains corporate, financial, advertising and sales materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of public health, the history of biologicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and business history.

Arrangement:

Collection is divided into 13 series.

Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951

Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970

Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989

Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980

Series 5: Photographs, 1866-1992

Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968

Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931

Series 8: Formulas, 1882-1967

Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978

Series 10: Publications, 1968-1988

Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978

Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971

Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970

Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-1957

Historical:

Parke, Davis and Company traces it's origins to Samuel Pearce Duffield (1833-1916), a physician and pharmacist. Duffield was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit when he was an infant. Duffield graduated from the University of Michigan in 1854 and he attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, latter leaving for Germany where he studied chemistry and sought treatment for his eyesight. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Ludwig University at Giessen in Germany. Duffield returned to Detroit in 1858 and established a retail drugstore with a strong interest in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Duffield sought financial partners for his retail and manufacturing venture with A.L. Patrick and Francis C. Conant. Both men retracted their investments and Duffield met Hervey Coke Parke (1927-1899), a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Duffield and Parke formed a formal partnership in 1866. George S. Davis, a third partner and traveling salesman previously with Farrand, Sheley and Company, was added 1867. Augustus F. Jennings joined the company as a partner to head manufacturing. The company became known as Duffield, Parke, Davis, & Jennings Company. Duffield withdrew in 1869 and the name Parke, Davis & Company was adopted in 1871. The company incorporated in 1875 and began planning world-wide scientific expeditions to discover new vegetable drugs such as Guarana, Bearsfoot, Eucalyptus Globulus, and Coca. The company first showed a profit in 1876, and the first dividend paid to shareholders in 1878 and dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity of the company.

In 1907, Parke, Davis and Company bought 340 acres in northeast Avon Township, Michigan, and called it Parkedale Farm. The farm was dedicated on October 8, 1908, and included sterilization rooms and a vaccine propagating building. By 1909 the farm included 200 horses, 25 to 50 cattle, 150 sheep, and employed 20 men. The horses produced the antitoxin for diphtheria and tetanus, the cattle produced a vaccine for smallpox preventatives, and the sheep made serum. Only the healthiest animals were used and all were well cared for. Exotic plants were also grown on the site and used for drugs. Parke-Davis' chief products were antitoxins and vaccines as well as farm crops for feeding the animals. The farm continued to produce vaccines for diphtheria, scarlet fever, tetanus, smallpox, anthrax, and in the 1950s, the Salk polio vaccine.

Due to a weakening financial position, the company became susceptible to take-over, and was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1970. Warner Lambert, was then acquired by Pfizer in 2000. In 2007, Pfizer closed its research facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Source

Rochester Hills Museum at Voon Hoosen Farm (last accessed on September 29, 2021 https://www.rochesterhills.org/Museum/LocalHistory/ParkeDavisFarm.pdf)

Parke, Davis and Company. Parke-Davis At 100...progress in the past...promise for the future. Detroit, Michigan, 1966.

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Separated Materials:

Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History

The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis that primarily include containers (boxes and glass bottles) that held phamrmaceuticals, biologicals (vaccines), crude drugs, and herb packages. See accessions: 1978.0882; 1982.0043; 1982.0043; 1984.0351; 1985.0475; 1988.3152; 1991.0415; 1992.3127; 2001.3066; 2012.0165; and 2018.5001.

Provenance:

The initial collection of approximately 185 cubic feet was donated by the Warner-Lambert Company, through Jerry A. Weisbach, Vice-President and President of the Pharmaceutical Research Division, on February 3, 1982.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

advertising  Search this

Antibiotics  Search this

Architectural Blueprints  Search this

Biologicals  Search this

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Diseases  Search this

Drugs -- 1900-1950  Search this

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Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919  Search this

Laboratories  Search this

Medical scientists -- 1900-1950  Search this

Patents  Search this

Pharmaceutical industry -- 1900-1950  Search this

Pharmacology -- 1900-1950  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Vaccines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Annual reports -- 20th century

Blueprints -- 20th century

Brochures -- 20th century

Catalogs

Correspondence -- 19th-20th century

Employee records

Formulae, chemical

Lantern slides -- 1900-1950

Newsletters -- 20th century

Newspaper clippings

Notebooks -- 1900-1950

Price lists

16mm films

Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Open reel

Tracings

Trade literature

Citation:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0001

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8869c518d-5cbd-42cf-b508-e688de3bf14d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0001