Wm. R. Warner & Co. Bottle

Object/Artifact

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Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy

Name/Title

Wm. R. Warner & Co. Bottle

Entry/Object ID

PCP.2023.2.337

Description

Empty glass Wm. R. Warner & Co. bottle

Context

Wm. R. Warner & Company operated from the mid-1860s to 1950. Their store was located at 154 North Third Street until 1876 and then at 1228 Market Street until 1899. By 1886 they operated a laboratory at Broad and Wallace Streets in Philadelphia. William R. Warner, an 1856 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy graduate, purchased the wholesale drug business of John C. Baker and, from this Third Street location, manufactured and marketed sugar-coated pills under the name Wm. R. Warner and Company.

Collection

Alan and Lorraine Warren Collection

Category

containers, medicine bottles

Acquisition

Accession

PCP.2023.2

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Wiliam R. Warner & Co.

Time Period

Late 19th to early 20th century

Place

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Bottle

Height

8 in

Length

3-1/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

This collection of medicine and pharmacy bottles, gifted by Alan and Lorraine Warren, is an important addition to the Museum's holding of Philadelphiana; nineteen of the twenty bottles are marked "Philadelphia," either in full or in abbreviation.