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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Medicine Bottle
Object Number
2017-08-21
Description
Pressed glass bottle, green glass, with rounded corners. White plastic screw cap. Paper label affixed to front, white with blue text, "CRUTCH & MacDONALD/CORNER DRUG STORE/Kenneth V. Driscoll, Reg. Pharm./LITCHFIELD,CONN." Prescription information and date filled in on label. Embossed on left and right sides, at bottom, "DURAGLAS." Embossed manufacturer's mark on bottom, "I" in oval with the numbers "3" and "1" on either side.
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
c.1961
Dimensions
Overall height 3.25", width 1.375", depth 1.375"
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