[Bottle containing oral contraceptive Enovid] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Bottle containing oral contraceptive Enovid] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/eac7dd267451-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Bottle containing oral contraceptive Enovid], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Bottle containing oral contraceptive Enovid]
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A single amber bottle labeled Enovid is the subject here, captured in 1962, a few years after the drug arrived on the American market. Made by G.D. Searle & Company, Enovid was the first oral contraceptive approved by the Food and Drug Administration, in 1960, and it quickly became the best-known symbol of the pill. Rather than a person or a place, the print records a commercial product, which makes it a useful view of how the pharmaceutical industry packaged and promoted birth control in the early 1960s.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1962 |
| Subjects | Bottles--1960-1970. Oral contraceptives--1960-1970. Pharmaceutical industry--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,273 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204703 |
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