Prescription envelope for the Thomas Hollis Company, drugstore, 23 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-258517

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Medical personnel - Druggists - Folder 1
Prescription envelope for the Thomas Hollis Company, drugstore, 23 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Medical personnel
    - Druggists
      - Medical personnel - Druggists - Folder 1
        Pocket calendar, Joseph T. Brown & Co., prescription druggists, 504 Washington Street, corner Bedford Street, Boston, Mass., 1885
        Trade card for Wood, Bixby & Company, wholesale and retail dealers in drugs, paints, medicines, oils, 11 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for A.G. Durgin, druggist, Quincy, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Potter & Spicer, druggists and apothecaries, Mystic Bridge, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for John Wilson, Jr. & Co., importers & wholesale dealers in drugs, medicines, 158 Washington Street, opposite School Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Crowell & Harrison, apothecaries, 139 Central, corner Middlesex Street, Lowell, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for Crowell & Harrison, apothecaries, 139 Central, corner Middlesex Street, Lowell, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for Crowell & Harrison, apothecaries, 139 Central, corner Middlesex Street, Lowell, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for Crowell & Harrison, apothecaries, 139 Central, corner Middlesex Street, Lowell, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for A.F. Thompson & Co., jobbers and wholesale dealers in American and foreign drugs, 63 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Boericke & Tafel, homoeopathic pharmaceutists and publishers, 145 Grand Street, between Broadway and Elm Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for unidentified pharmacy, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Francis T. Church, druggist, corner Court and Howard Streets, Boston, Mass., undated
        Prescription for Chas. I. Eaton, pharmacist, 1233 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Robertson Block, Quincy, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. undated
        Trade card for Kelley Brothers, pharmacists, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Kelley Brothers, pharmacists, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Farrington & Luscom, pharmacists, 310 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for Farrington & Luscom, apothecaries, 310 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., 1878
        Advertisement for Thomas Bartlett, pharmacist, Boston, Mass., August 6, 1800
        Trade card for Samuel Kedder & Co., druggists, Charlestown, Mass., undated
        Prescription for sprains, location unknown, undated
        Prescription for coughs, J. Skinner, location unknown, dated March 4, 1878
        Prescription envelope for the Thomas Hollis Company, drugstore, 23 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
        Prescription for Claude Curtis, pharmacist, College Avenue and Broadway, Powder House Square, Somerville, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Charles A. Adams, pharmacist, Newton's Block, West Gardner, Mass., undated
        Handbill for the Brandon Drug Store, Case & Cheney, Brandon, Vermont, December 1, 1869
        Orlando Tompkins, druggist and apothecary, No. 271 Washington Street, corner Winter Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1865
        Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Robertson Block, Quincy, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Quincy, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Quincy, Mass., 1878
        Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Quincy, Mass., 1878
        Paper bag for the Harvard Pharmacy, 380 Main Street, Medford, Mass., undated

Description

The business was established in 1821 and is "the oldest prescription drug store in New England."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
drugstores
envelopes

Physical Description

1 envelope ; 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.075.03.01.029

Image Dimensions

3 1/4 x 3 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

envelopes

Subjects

Drugs
Union Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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