pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30764
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.6
- Description
- The item is a bulk product stocked by a pharmacy. Up until the 1950s, pharmacists provided most prescription medications by creating compounds of bulk products that were given to customers as pills, salves, or tonics. Large wide-mouthed amber glass (brown) bottle with brown plastic lid, three-quarters full with white powder. Paper commercial label with markings: "[company logo] / MANUFACTURED BY / HOWARDS & SONS LTD. / ILFORD NEAR LONDON. / MAGNES. OXID. POND. P.B. / (Magnesia Ponderosa) / HOWARDS SPECIAL / 1-lb / Printed in England". Black and white label with contents labelled in red.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Paper commercial label with markings: "[company logo] / MANUFACTURED BY / HOWARDS & SONS LTD. / ILFORD NEAR LONDON. / MAGNES. OXID. POND. P.B. / (Magnesia Ponderosa) / HOWARDS SPECIAL / 1-lb / Printed in England". Black and white label with contents labelled in red.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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