1910s Fresh Oregon Hops Drug Store Label – Matthew Drug Co., Portland

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🌿 This is an original 1910s “Fresh Oregon Hops” drug store label from Matthieu Drug Co., located at 275 Russell Street in Portland, Oregon — a quiet but revealing piece of early American pharmacy history.

Unlike poison labels intended for the back counter, this label was designed for everyday customers. It promoted fresh, locally sourced Oregon hops, a product widely used at the time for calming remedies, digestive preparations, sleep aids, and home brewing. Drugstores routinely sold hops loose or repackaged on site, making labels like this essential tools of trust and branding.

📞 The inclusion of Telephone EAST 0662 firmly places this label in the 1910s to early 1920s, before all‑number dialing became standard. Named telephone exchanges and full street addresses anchor this piece to a specific place and moment in Portland’s growing commercial life.

🧪 Measuring approximately 2½″ × 1¼″, this example is offered in New Old Stock (NOS) condition with little to no wear. It has never been affixed to a container and remains exactly as it left the printer more than a century ago.

🏪 Matthieu Drug Co. was part of everyday life in early‑20th‑century Portland, serving as a neighborhood pharmacy where customers sought remedies, advice, and household goods. Labels like this weren’t just packaging — they were signals of freshness, quality, and regional pride.

📜 Collected today as pharmacy ephemera, this label offers a glimpse into a time when medicine, commerce, and local agriculture overlapped in simple, human ways.

A calm, authentic piece of Pacific Northwest pharmacy history.