Bottle, Soda

Object Name:

Bottle, Soda

Object ID:

1992.063.163

Creator:

Chattanooga Glass Company

Place of Origin:

Chattanooga, TN

Date:

1962

Description:

Soda bottle. Coca-Cola, 6.5 ounces, bottled in Somersworth, NH. Clear green-tinted pressed glass with mold seam. Cylindrical body with hobble-skirt shape and convex fluting. Tapered base. Long sloping shoulders. Conical neck with rounded lip. Embossed script lettering on front and back: "Coca-Cola". Below that is embossed lettering: "TRADE MARK REGISTERED / CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL. OZS." on one side, and "TRADE MARK REGISTERED / IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE" on other side; "62-45" below that. Embossed lettering on bottom: "SOMERSWORTH / N.H." and "C" in circle.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-7.7 Dia-2.3 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to library (1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Soft drinks, Coca-Cola