Name/Title
Glycerine bottle from the Bowman Drug Co., c. 1920Entry/Object ID
1998.324.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.324.1.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
OF ALAMEDA; DRUG STORES
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920
OBJECT: BOTTLE
DESCRIPTION:
DOUBLE-SEAM CLEAR-GLASS BOTTLE, WITH ATTACHED PAPER LABEL. LABEL HAS PRINTED MESSAGE IN BLACK - AND RED-COLORED TYPE ON A WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND. BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION STATES, "GLYCERINE." REVERSE SIDE OF BOTTLE (FLAT-SIDED) HAS EMBOSSED LETTERING, "BOWMAN'S DRUG STORE." BOTTLE HAS PROTRUDING LIP AT SPOUT, WITH A CORK STOPPER.
SIZE: H 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOTTLE FROM THE BOWMAN DRUG CO., PHARMACISTS, OAKLAND, BERKELEY, AND ALAMEDA, CA.
DONOR:
GEORGE GUNN
CURATOR
ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 10, 1998
