Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Catalog Number |
2001.76.89 |
Maker |
Cumberland Glass Company; Dodge and Olcott Company |
Date |
ca. 1906 |
Material(s) |
Glass/Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-5.5 W-2.25 inches |
Description |
This proprietary medicine bottle contained turpentine oil. It is improved tool cobalt blue glass bottle. It is cylindrical in shape with a wide round neck, and protruding lip. It has a prescription finish with cork closure. A paper label with black ink is glued to the front. The label has a wide stripe at the top with the Dodge & Olcott Co. logo. Below this is inscribed "OIL TURPENTINE RECTIFIED / U. S. P. X1." Below this is another wide stripe with "DODGE & OLCOTT CO. NEW YORK" on it. |
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. Dodge & Olcott was est. in 1798 by Robert Bach. His Apothecary Shop was at 128 Pearl Street, New York. Cumberland Glass Co. was the Cobalt Blue specialist up to 1907, when the Maryland Glass Company took over the market. |
Collection |
Joe Russell Pharmacy Collection |
People |
Cumberland Glass Company Dodge and Olcott 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 |