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Bottle of Kurtz's Electric Oil, a patent medicine liniment made by the Kurtz Medicine Company of Fort Scott, Kansas. Glass bottle with paper label is stopped with a cork and still contains 4 mm of brown liquid. Also includes the orginal paper box. David Haynes Kurtz (1856-1923) came to Fort Scott from Pennsylvania in 1886. His drug store was located at 6 North Main Street, and he eventually expanded the business to include wholesale patent medicine.
Creator: The Randolph Box and Label Company
Date: between 1906 and 1925
Item Number: 318755
Call Number: 1961.72.3
KSHS Identifier: 1961.72.3
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Retail - Drugstores
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Public Health
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Medical & Psychological - Bottle, Medicine
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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