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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Medicine Bottle
Object Number
2017-08-19
Description
Pressed glass bottle, amber glass, with rounded front corners and squared back. Short neck with white plastic screw cap. Paper label affixed on front (now detached), white with red lettering, "CRUTCH & MacDONALD/CORNER DRUG STORE/Robert W. Doyle - Reg. Pharmacist/LITCHFIELD, CONN." Phone number at bottom. Embossed text on back, "3iii" below neck and "Sari-Glas" at bottom. Embossed text on bottom, "Brockway/11."
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.
Maker
Date Made
1960-1980
Dimensions
Overall height 4.75", width 1.75", depth 1.25"
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