Glass, Measuring
- Object Name:
- Glass, Measuring
- Object ID:
- 1995.062
- Date:
- 1900-1915
- Description:
- Measuring tumbler. Colorless, blown and etched glass. Cylindrical body with acid etched, on front: "GEO. H. RICHARDSON & CO / PRESCRIPTION / DRUGGIST / 135 SOUTH MAIN ST. / CONCORD, N.H." Graduated measures for "TABLE" (4), "TEA" (8), and "WINE / GLASS" (1) on opposite side.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 Dia-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Sally Crockett of Portsmouth, NH, donated two glasses that belonged to her father, Harry Hilliard Crockett (b. 1869) of Concord, NH.
Geo. H. Richardson & Co. (1900-1915), Concord, NH. Before opening his own business, Richardson was a drug clerk for A. Perley Fitch. Opened Geo. H. Richardson & Co. at 135 South Main Street in 1900, which also served as a public waiting room for the Concord Street Railway. Listed as clerk for Post Office Station #2 in 1906. Advertisements for the sale of "gasolene" as well as a public telephone first appear in the 1912 city directory. Richardson died in 1913, but the business name remained until 1915, when the name changed to Kelly's Drug Store. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Sally Crockett
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Measures, Medicine, Advertising
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