Bottle, Soda
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Soda
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.164
- Date:
- 1950-1960
- Description:
- Soda bottle. Down East Beverages, Laconia, NH. 6 ounces. Clear pressed glass with mold seam. Cylindrical body with curved convex fluting in upper section. White on blue pyroglazed lettering, same on both sides: "Down East / BEVERAGES" on upper section; "6 FL. OZ. / Down East / BEVERAGES / PROPERTY OF THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., LACONIA, N.H." on lower section, with image of sailing ship. Embossed lettering on bottom: "6L G W0 / 2 644".
- 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, Sailboats, Sailing ships
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