Bottle from Louis Hillemann's Philadelphia Pharmacy 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.
California Gold Rush Medicine Bottle: Compound Fluid Extract of Manzanita, Drs. McDonald & Levy, Sacramento City, California 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.
Medicine Bottle from J. B. Cohen, West Chester, Pennsylvania 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.
Medicine Bottle from John B. Cohen's Pharmacy, West Chester, Pennsylvania 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.
Rx Bottle: C. M. Rosenbaum, Pharmacist, New York, New York 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.