Bottle

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Bottle

Entry/Object ID

2008.0607.08

Description

Cylindrical, olive green colored glass bottle with white ceramic cork in top. A piece of metal connecting the cork to the bottle is rusted. Salvaged from Shackleton's hut from his 1907-1909 expedition to Antarctica. It was obtained by Lt. Commander Conrad S. Larson, USN, who was in charge of a helicoptor detachment on the ice breaker Eastwind during operation Deep Freeze I, 1955-56.

Collection

Palmer House

Made/Created

Date made

1907 - 1909