Name/Title
Bottle from Hunter's Pharmacy, from yard at 2811 Encinal Ave, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1998.358.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.358.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, DRUG STORES
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: BOTTLE
DESCRIPTION:
DOUBLE-SEAM AQUA-COLORED GLASS BOTTLE WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE AN APPLIED LIP. EMBOSSED LETTERING STATES, "HUNTER'S PHARMACY, BAY STATION, ALAMEDA."
SIZE: H 7-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOTTLE FROM HUNTER'S PHARMACY; FRANK A HUNTER, DRUGGIST, 1207-09 LINCOLN AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. MR HUNTER ARRANGED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HIS TWO-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING BY THE MACRAE BROTHERS, BUILDERS. BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1902. BOTTLE WAS UNCOVERED BELOW THE DRIVEWAY @ 2811 ENCINAL AVENUE, ALAMEDA, DURING CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER SYSTEM IN 1998. THE LOT AND BUILDING HAD SERVED EARLIER AS A STORAGE BARN FOR HORSES AND DELIVERY WAGONS OF THE TOUSSAU & JUNCA, FRENCH LAUNDRY.
DONOR:
DEBBIE ALBRIGHT
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1998
