Miniature pharmaceutical box "Certified Aspirin", 1939

A small American pocket-sized box of "Certified Brand" aspirin, complete with its 12 white tablets. The red and cream lithographed lid features typography typical of the late 1930s and a push-to-open mechanism indicated by the phrase "Press both red dots." This type of small pharmaceutical box was sold in drugstores as a convenient carry-on. The date "© 1939" printed on the lid allows for precise dating.

✦ Origin: United States, Bridgeport (Connecticut)
✦ Estimated period: 1939
✦ Dimensions: approx. 5 × 3.5 × 0.5 cm
✦ Material: Lithographed sheet metal
✦ Condition: Very good overall condition, slight signs of use; complete box with its 12 original tablets (collector's item)

Small pharmaceutical advertising item ideal for enriching a collection of medicine boxes, an old pharmacy display case or a cabinet of curiosities.