Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1989.011.005 |
Object Name |
Box |
Other Name |
Pillbox |
Title |
Prescription Box from W. A. Prast Drug Store |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
20th-century |
Made |
Prast, W. A. |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
This is a prescription box (pillbox) container, from the "W. A. Prast" drugstore. This is a small rectangular cardboard box in two parts: a box and a lid, connected by a strip of fabric to make a sort of hinge. The outside of the box, except for the bottom, is dark brownish grey and the inside is tan. The lid edges are decorated with white linear areas. The top of the lid is printed in white with "W. A. Prast Phm. B. / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST / PHONE 205 / 2nd Ave. E. at 8th St. / OWEN SOUND, ONT. / DIRECTIONS INSIDE" and the inside of the lid said "Aspergum / W. A. Prast / Prescription Specialist / OWEN SOUND, ONT. PHONE 205". |
Provenance |
Custom-made for the W. A. Prast drugstore at 2nd Ave. East (Main Street) Owen Sound, Grey County. The phone number on it pre-dates the mid-1960s changeover to a 7-digit number. Last belonged to Dorothy and Horace Vick of Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Pharmaceutical Equipment Collection |
Material |
Cardboard/Paper/Fabric/Ink |
Dimensions |
W-6.7 L-4.3 D-2.3 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Vick, Dorothy Vick, Horace Prast, W. A. |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Business Drugstores Boxes Pills Medicine Pharmacists |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Businesses |
Function |
A pill box container, dispensed by a druggist to a customer. It was used by an Owen Sound drugstore. |