Medicinal Bottle

Image depicts rectangular glass bottle with rounded top corners, laying atop a box. The bottle is inscribed with embossed letters that say "KELSEY & FLINT DRUGGISTS BROADWAY & 12TH ST OAKLAND"

Image depicts rectangular glass bottle with rounded top corners, laying atop a box. The bottle is inscribed with embossed letters that say "KELSEY & FLINT DRUGGISTS BROADWAY & 12TH ST OAKLAND"

Name/Title

Medicinal Bottle

Entry/Object ID

2018.01.01

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1878

Place

City

Oakland

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Medicine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Medicine

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Medical Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Medical & Psychological T&E

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Material

Glass

Interpretative Labels

Label

A medicinal bottle from a Druggist shop formerly located on 12th St and Broadway in Oakland. George Benjamin Flint was born in Salem, Massachusetts and attended Pharmaceutical College in San Francisco, before opening up a storefront with his partner (Kelsey), who he would later buy out in 1887.