bottle, medicine

Object/Artifact

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Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

bottle, medicine

Entry/Object ID

G 4148

Description

4.25"h x 1.5"w x 1.5"d. Clear glass, round, no mark on bottom. Straight sides, rounded shoulders, long narrow neck, raised band around rim, cork in mouth. Brown label with black printing, not attached, "CHARLES W. MOORE DRUGGIST 77 E. MAIN STREET, WESTMINSTER, MD. [Handwritten] Oil of wintergreen." Oily residue inside.

Context

Charles W. Moore owned an apothecary shop at 77 East Main Street in downtown Westminster in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Exhibition

Main Street at Work: Merchants and Medicine in Carroll County

General Notes

Note Type

Paper Tag

Note

*Note: removed from box labeled "BASEMENT Bottles and medical also crocks 11/94."