Vintage FIXACO Throat Confection Tin - St. Louis Pharmacy Apothecary Collectible - Antique Cough Drop Advertising Tin 1930s-1940s 🥫 pre_1900s_collectible and the people who simply

and the people who simply grew up in the era and feel the pull of recognition when they see a piece like this

A shadow box or small vitrine keeps the piece protected from handling and atmospheric dust while allowing it to be displayed face-out

when the lithography and embossing art of cigar labels began its long decline

Heritage Auctions records document this specific Dante label with maker attribution to Sulzberger-Oppenheimer

Vintage FIXACO Throat Confection Tin - St. Louis Pharmacy Apothecary Collectible - Antique Cough Drop Advertising Tin 1930s-1940s 🥫 pre_1900s_collectible and the people who simplyWhat Did a Dime Buy You at the Drugstore Counter Before Penicillin? Long before the pharmacy became a wall of foil sealed blister packs, a sore throat sent you to the corner druggist for something small, something sweet, and something that fit in your vest pocket or the bottom of a handbag without anyone the wiser. This little Fixaco tin is exactly that kind of survivor a ten cent "throat confection" that promised to fix a cough, save a singer's