Cistern Glass

Dublin Core

Title

Cistern Glass

Source

1997 UNL Anthropology Field School

Publisher

2018 UNL Anthropology

Contributor

Elliott, Catherine
Schulz, Erik
Evers, Riley

Rights

UNL Anthropology

Collection Items

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #103
Label: Kemp's Balsam for Throat and Lungs (face), Leroy, NY (side), and O.F. Woodward (side). Kemp's Balsam was founded in 1883 in LeRoy, NY, by Frrank Woodward (b. 1856 - d.1906). Kemp's Balsam was successfully distributed and sold for decades.…

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #057
Complete light blue bottle, with sunken panel and embossed letters "GLYCEROLE", small medicinal bottle, weathered surface

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #104
Label: Chamberlain's Cough Remedy (face), Chamberlain Med. Co. (side), and Des Moines, IA, U.S.A. (side). In 1881 in Des Moines, IA, the brothers Davis and Lowell Chamberlain with their sister Izanna founded a medical company. In 1892, the company…

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #046
Label: THE MOTHER'S FRIEND (face), ATLANTA GA (side), BRADFIELD RECL Co. (side) A topical for pregnant mothers that claimed a number of effects such as prettier, more intelligent children and easy labor. It is still sold today but can only be…

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #101
Label: Dr. S. Pitcher's (side), Castoria (side), R (base). Patent No. 77,758 - Samuel Pritcher, Barnstable, Mass - Medicine-Mixture to be used as a cathartic. The castoria was advertised as an aid to constipation, especially in children. S. Pitcher &…

Whiskey Flask, 25LC86, #001
Two piece mold, with hand finished neck. This is the most common bottle in the collection, no markings are on the bottle so can not see brand or type of whiskey.

Bottle, 25LC86, #063
Dark cobalt bottle

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #031
Label: WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE ROCHESTER, NY(face) A 88 (base). Large decorative emboss of a safe on the face. Hulbert Harrington Warner made his first millions selling safes and strongboxes before entering the patent medicine business. The…

Stopper, 25LC86, #242.1, #242.2, #242.3
Three different stoppers, small in size, decorative meaning probably used with a bottle containing valuable liquids, for example perfume.

Bottle, 25LC86, #073
Small clear bottle, deformation when being molded.
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