Name/Title
Park Hotel Whisky Bottle, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1981.268.1Description
Acc. No. 81.268.1
Subject Category: Businesses, Liquor store
Date or Period: Circa 1900
Object: Bottle, whiskey
Description: Flat sided, double seam clear glass whiskey bottle, in flask shape. Original cork stopper and paper label, pale blue color with black ink printing "Park Buffet, Wines and Liquors, Park Hotel, Alameda, Cal".
Size: 6¼" tall, 2½" across base.
History of Object: Liquor bottle purchased at the Park Hotel.
Acquired from: Lynn Nelson
Date: Aug 26, 1981Interpretative Labels
Label
3/19/2020 MvL:
attached to the card was the following (old) label:
WHISKEY FLASK WITH ORIGINAL
PAPER LABEL STATING
"PARK BUFFET"
WINES AND LIQUORS, PARK HOTEL,
ALAMEDA, CAL.
Circa: 1900 Donor: Lynn Nelson
1981
81.268.1Label
4/28/2021 MvL: current sign:
Fourth shelf:
Pocket flask with original paper label: "Park Buffet Wines and liquors". The business was located in the Park Hotel at the northeast corner of Encinal Avenue and Park Street (the present site of the main station of the Alameda Fire Department).
