Subject: Medicine bottles

Glass bottle with a lead stopper, possibly used to store pharmaceuticals. Associated with the business of Louis Hillemann in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1885. The bottle features the address 412 & 414 N. Oriana Street.

A rare open pontil California gold rush medicine bottle, circa 1850s. The bottle is aqua-colored, 4 1/2" tall, and 2" wide at the base. It features an inward-rolled top and an open pontil base. The front panel is embossed with "Compound Fluid Extract Of Manzanita, Drs McDonald & Levy.. Sacramento City, California." Richard Hays McDonald established a drug store in Sacramento in 1849, later partnering with Levy to create a traveling drug store wagon servicing placer mining areas. By 1853, "The Miners Drug Store" was well-known. Levy later opened a store in San Francisco. This bottle may be related to the Levy ledger book also in this collection.

A glass medicine bottle from the business of J. B. Cohen, located at 132 East Gay Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The bottle is circa 1885.

A glass medicine bottle from the pharmacy of John B. Cohen, located at 132 East Gay Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The bottle features a lead stopper and is circa 1885.

A molded glass prescription bottle with the name and address of C. M. Rosenbaum, pharmacist, embossed on the bottle: "C. M. ROSENBAUM..PHARMACIST..8 AND 10 W. FORDHAM RD..NEW YORK." The bottom is marked with the bottle maker, "M. B. W. MILLVILLE." The bottle has a cork top. Circa 1890s.