Frank and Emmanuelle saved these little gems for me. Found under the stands on White Field.
A beautiful cut glass perfume bottle (I think), Vicks Vaporub and a lovely teapot lid
The only item I was able to date is the Vaporub from the 1950's
"Pharmacist Lunsford Richardson made Vicks a household name.
He is from North Carolina (USA). Richardson’s salve, Vicks VapoRub, helped the world breathe easier during the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918.
Why didn’t Richardson — by all accounts a creative inventor and smart businessman — ever become as famous as those vapors packed into the familiar squat blue jar?
Because his name wouldn’t fit on the jar.
That’s one version of the story. According to company and family lore, Richardson initially dubbed his promising new product Richardson’s Croup and Pneumonia Cure Salve. Realizing that this name didn’t exactly roll off the tongue nor fit when printed on a small medicine jar, Richardson changed the name to honor his brother-in-law, Dr. Joshua Vick. Another account suggests the inventive druggist plucked the name from a seed catalog he’d been perusing that listed the Vick Seed Co.
The truth may never be known. What is known, though, is that Lunsford Richardson created a medicinal marvel for the ages, the likes of which may never be equaled."
No comments:
Post a Comment