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Metadata
Object Name |
Bottle, Apothecary |
Catalog Number |
2001.76.104 |
Maker |
Knox Glass Bottle Company |
Date |
ca. 1945 |
Material(s) |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-5.375 W-1.75 D-1.25 inches |
Description |
This apothecary bottle holds three ounces. It is machine molded clear soda-lime glass. It is rectangular in shape with an oval back and flat front. The arched shoulders end in a short round neck. It has an enameled label. The bottle has a molded design on the shoulders of art-deco type lines. Below this on the front is the number "3" beside three lines and dots. Below this is the line image of a glass with "Rx" at the top. At the bottom is "CURREY & MORGAN/DRUGGISTS/CALL 38/HARRODSBURG, KY." |
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 Knox Glass Bottle Company was a glass manufacturer based in Knox, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, with several plants throughout the United States. The great majority of the company's production was in the form of glass bottles, many of which were beer bottles, milk bottles, and a large number of glass medicine bottles in a variety of standard sizes. |
Collection |
Joe Russell Pharmacy Collection |
People |
Knox Glass 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 |