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Antique Medicine Bottles

 Collection — Container: Exhibit
Identifier: ARCH-2022-0210

Scope and Contents

These twelve antique, glass bottles were found in a county building and brought to the Archives by Todd Davis, Greene County Services’ employee.

Most of the bottles appear to have been used to hold a variety of medicinal remedies and are believed to have once been used at the Old County Infirmary.

Medicinal companies include: • Lavoris • Charles H. Fletcher’s Castoria • Heberling

Glass companies include: • Whitall Tatum Company, Millville, New Jersey; • W.H. Hamilton and Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; • Turner Brothers Company, Terre Haute, Indiana; • Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Dates

  • Creation: 1893 - 1950

Creator

Extent

12 Linear Feet (12 bottles total.)

Language of Materials

English

Source

Status
Unprocessed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Greene County Records Center & Archives Repository

Contact:
535 Ledbetter Road
Xenia Ohio 45385 United States
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