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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Medicine Bottle
Object Number
2017-08-17
Description
Pressed glass bottle, clear glass, with rounded front corners and squared back. Short neck with white plastic screw cap. Paper label taped on front, white with blue text, "CRUTCH & MacDONALD/CORNER DRUG STORE/Robert W. Doyle - Reg. Pharmacists - Frederick L. Tieman, Mgr./LITCHFIELD, CONN." Phone number at bottom. Embossed text on back, "31" below neck and "DURAGLAS" at bottom. Embossed text on bottom, "DURAGLAS/19/I/7."
Provenance
Robert Doyle worked as a pharmacist at Crutch & MacDonald before buying the business in 1961 and continuing as manager, owner, and pharmacist until 1994. Doyle's father owned a pharmacy in Torrington, where his brother worked. When the Torrington pharmacy closed, Doyle opened Crutch & MacDonald Medical Equipment, also on West Street.
Date Made
1960-1980
Dimensions
Overall height 3.625", width 1.375", depth 0.875"
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