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Cabinet, Medicine

Object number2004.172.29 a,b

Manufacturer Dr. A. C. Daniels, Inc.

MediumWood; Metal; Paper; Celluloid(?)

Credit LineMeadowcroft Collection

DescriptionWooden medicine cabinet with metal front panel.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 28.688 × 21.375 × 8 in. (72.9 × 54.3 × 20.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 3.375 × 3.75 × 0.031 in. (8.6 × 9.5 × 0.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Old Meadowcroft museum catalog number "74.30.128" carved into the wood on the front of the door at top and on the interior bottom shelf; also carved into the metal panel on the front in the top proper right corner and on the reverse at top.

Reverse bottom proper left corner has old museum collection number in black ink on white ground "1054".
Marks(a)
Metal panel has text:

On top half "DR. DANIELS' / WARRANTED / VETERINARY / MEDICINES";

At center, the twelve product images have text includig "COLIC CURE", "WONDER WORDER / LINIMENT", "WORM KILLER", "COUGH, COLD / AND / FEVER DROPS", "ABSORBENT BLISTER", "HOOF GROWER AND SOFTENER", "HOOF DRESSING", "HORSE RENOVATOR", " "OSTER-COCUS" ", "Carbo-Negus", and "GALL-CURA";

The list of products at the bottom in black text includings "WORM KILLER... / ABSORBEST BLISTER... / OSTER-COCUS LINIMENT... / CARBO-NEGUS DISINFECTANT... / GALL-CURA... / PERFECTION HOOF DRESSING... / PHYSIC BALL... / COLIC CURE... / RENOVATOR POWDERS... / COUGH, COLD AND FEVER DROPS... / WONDER WORKER LINIMENT... / HOOF GROWER... / LINIMENT POWDER... / WITCH HAZEL..."

Inside on back panel between the second and third shelves from the bottom is stencilled black text "THIS CASE IS THE PROPERTY OF / DR. A.C. DANIELS, BOSTON / AND IS LOANED TO YOU / FOR DANIELS MEDICINES ONLY."

(b)
Front has black printed text including "HOME TREATMENT FOR HORSES AND CATTLE. / DR.A.C.DANIELS' / WORM KILLER / FOR / HORSES AND COLTS / ... / DR. A.C. DANIELS, (INC.) BOSTON, MASS, U.S.A. / ..."

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