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Pharmaceuticals ➔ Pharmaceutical Jar
Identifier:
142100.3166Description:
This empty pharmaceutical jar is made of glass and is labeled "Spearmint Confects". It was manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company and was sold by the Rudell Drug Store that operated in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan from 1900 to 1969.Date:
1900 – 1969Materials:
GlassDimensions:
8.5"" h 3"" w 3"" dCurrent Location Status:
On ExhibitCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift of Frances Rudell Moyer, Marjorie Rudell Goetz, Mildred Rudell Palmer, and William R. RudellExhibit/Program:
Curiosity Shop (after 2020)This small exhibit is on display in the niches above the counter in the Grand Rapids Public Museum's Curiosity Shop.
Related Entities:
Rudell Drug Store (used by)The Rudell Drug Store was the oldest drug store in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the time of its closing in 1969. William Alexander Rudell established his drug store at the corner of Ashmun and Maple Streets in 1900. His daughters, Frances and Marjorie, were tutored by him and later attended pharmacy school and became the Saults’ first registered women pharmacists. The family watched the drug store change from herb-based medicines to mostly chemicals and synthetics. Their earliest recollections are of such diseases as rickets and diphtheria which are practically extinct today. At the time they closed their drug store, the largest percentage of prescriptions they filled were for heat trouble and gastric problems. Retail goods carried by the store changed from items such as soap tree bark or red clover tops to the newest shade of hair dye and iridescent lipstick. After the closing of the store, the family wanted it to remain in Michigan and be preserved as it was in 1900, and the Grand Rapids Public Museum took that responsibility. W.D. Frankforter, Museum Director, arranged to have all of the contents of the drug store brought to Grand Rapids to fit in with the Museum’s long range program of building a street of early 20th century stores and shops. Frances Rudell Moyer (donor) Marjorie Rudell Goetz (donor) Mildred Rudell Palmer (donor) William R. Rudell (donor) Eli Lilly and Company (creator)
Eli Lilly and Company is an American pharmaceutical company founded in 1876. It was founded and named after Colonel Eli Lilly, a veteran of the Civil War and a pharmaceutical chemist. Eli Lilly and Company was the first company to mass-produce the polio vaccine and insulin. It is currently the largest manufacturer of psychiatric medications.
