Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bottle, Apothecary |
Catalog Number |
2001.76.100 |
Maker |
Owens Bottle Company |
Date |
ca. 1915 |
Material(s) |
Glass; |
Dimensions |
H-3.625 W-1.5 D-1 inches |
Description |
This apothecary bottle is a one ounce prescription bottle. It is machine molded clear soda-lime glass. It has the Philadelphia oval form and round finish. Two corners are scaled, one in ounces and the other cc's. |
Notes |
This object was used in the Currey & Morgan Drugstore in Harrodsburg, Ky. In 1914, D. Lee Currey sold a one-half interest of his drug store to Leon Morgan, creating the Currey & Morgan Drugstore. Morgan had been Currey's clerk for nine years. Harry Joseph Russell (1928-1994), Leon Morgan's stepson graduated from the UK School of Pharmacy in 1951 and bought the Harrodsburg business in 1958. Russell inherited all of the equipment. He also collected related items from other sources. In 1968, Russell moved the business and renamed it Ft. Harrod Pharmacy. In 1984, Russell sold out to Vance Smith who consolidated the drugstores in Harrodsburg and sold them to SuperX/CVS, a national chain. The Owens Bottle Company was in operation from 1919 to 1929. It was a part of a series of companies that began with the Toledo Glass Co. (1895-1920), the firm that developed the Owens Automatic Bottle Machine. "The Dating Game - The Owens Bottle Co." by Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, Carol Serr and Bill Lindsey. January-February 2010, SHA. http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/owensbottlecompany.pdf |
Collection |
Joe Russell Pharmacy Collection |
People |
Owens Bottle Company Currey and Morgan Drugstore Currey, D. Lee Morgan, Leon |
Subjects |
Apothecaries Apothecary shops Medicine Medicines Drugs Druggists |
Search Terms |
Harrodsburg (Ky.) Mercer County (Ky.) Kentucky |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |