After abandonment, the factory was ransacked by vandals; and records, documents, wrappers, advertising circulars, pills awaiting packaging, and other effects were thrown down from the shelves and scattered over the floors.
"History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills"
Robert B. Shaw
The former proprietors of the business, however, had for some reason-perhaps sheer inertia-apparently preserved all of their records for over a century, storing them in the loft-like attic over the packaging building.
"History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills"
Robert B. Shaw
And it is a strong presumption that the total costs of printing and publicity were much larger than those of manufacture and packaging.
"History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills"
Robert B. Shaw