Garfield & Company Records

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Garfield & Company Records

1909-1969

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep814322322-8886-4025-b677-0565ed601cd7

The collection documents Garfield and Company, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in New Jersey during the twentieth century. Garfield and Company, founded by Isidor Z. Garfield (1863-1951), made Seidlitz Powder, a commonly known medication composed of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium sodium tartrate that was used as a mild cathartic by dissolving it in water and then drinking it. Materials include customer files, invoices, correspondence, advertising and packaging materials, calendars, posters, financial records, and an oral and video history with Julius Garfield, son of Isidor Z. Garfield.

15 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 11 oversized folders)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662359

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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