Name/Title
Liquor flask advertising P. W. Wobber Liquor Store, c. 1880sEntry/Object ID
2001.124.1Description
Acc. No. 01.124.1
Subject: Businesses
Date/Period: circa 1880s
Object: Bottle
Description: Double seam, clear glass flat-sided flask with cork stopper. Bottle has an embossed label “P.W. WOBBER LIQUORS, Alameda, CAL.”
Size: H 6-1/2”
History: Liquor flask advertising P.W. Wobber Liquor Store at the corner of Alameda Avenue and Oak Street. Building destroyed by fire around 1990. Bottle found during excavation and replacement of back stairs, Love family residence, 2253 San Antonio Avenue, erected 1883.
Acquired From: John Love,
Date: 7/7/01Interpretative Labels
Label
4/27/2021 MvL: current sign (with misspelled name, 'Wobler' instead of 'Wobber'):
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Third Shelf:
A pair of whiskey flasks. At the left is a flask from on an Oakland merchant; the flask at the right is from P.W. Wobler Liquors which was located at the southeast corner of Alameda Avenue and Oak Street.
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