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Pharmaceutical mailing canister
Object Details
- Description
- This wooden cylindrical container with a metal screw cap was used as a mailing tube by Dr. N. Tucker of Mt. Gilead, Ohio. The cork-lined canister protected its contents while either mailing prescription drugs to a patient or returning empty medicine vials to pharmaceutical firms for refilling. Two U.S. postage stamps adhered to the tube--U.S. Scott 247 (1894 1-cent blue Franklin) and 257 (1895 8-cent violet brown Sherman)--indicating the package and its contents were well under the four-pound mailing limit that existed prior to the introduction of Parcel Post service in 1913.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- c. 1895
- Object number
- 2000.2018.1
- Type
- Commercial Products
- Medium
- wood (pine); metal (brass); wood bark (cork); paper
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 5 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (13.34 x 6.35 x 6.35 cm)
- Place
- Ohio
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Customers & Commerce
- Record ID
- npm_2000.2018.1
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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