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  1. Daybook

    Day Book used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. Contains daily sales totals and expenses from March 1, 1896 through December 31, 1986. Black hardcover book accented with red corners and spine. A salmon-colored square label appears on the front cover and printed with the words "DAY BOOK" in dark blue. The label has a border of floral and geometrical and patterns. 40 pages of lined paper. 13.5" x 8.5" x 0.750"

    Record Type: Archive

    Day Book, 1896
  2. Record, Sales

    Sales Book used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. Contains daily sales from February 11, 1896 through August 23, 1986. Orange hardcover book with dark blue spine. A cream-colored rectangular label is adhered to the cover with handwritten dates in cursive script. Approximately 100 pages of lined paper filled with notes on sales.

    Record Type: Archive

    Sales Book, 1896
  3. Apothecary Beaker Box, c. 1970-1975 - Box

    Apothecary Beaker Box, c. 1970-1975, cardboard green box in the shape of a parallelepiped, the lid is a four-part folding with an octagon cut out made to hold the base of the beaker in place. It has a black and blue sticker glued to two sides of the box, close to the lid. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City.

    Record Type: Object

    Graduated Cylinder Box, c. 1900
  4. Apothecary Beaker Box, c. 1970-1975 - Box

    Apothecary Beaker Box, c. 1970-1975, cardboard green box in the shape of a parallelepiped, the lid is a four-part folding with an octagon cut out made to hold the base of the beaker in place. It has a black and blue sticker glued to two sides of the box, close to the lid. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City.

    Record Type: Object

    Graduated Cylinder Box, c. 1900
  5. Apothecary Beaker, c. 1970-1975 - Graduate

    Apothecary Beaker, c. 1970-1975, transparent glass graduated cylinder with hexagon base and metric scales in white. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City.

    Record Type: Object

    Graduated Cylinder, c. 1900
  6. Apothecary Beaker, c. 1970-1975 - Graduate

    Apothecary Beaker, c. 1970-1975, transparent glass graduated cylinder with hexagon base and metric scales in white. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City.

    Record Type: Object

    Graduated Cylinder, c. 1900
  7. Glass Medicine Jar with Stopper, c. 1880-1910 - Jar, Apothecary

    Glass Medicine Jar with Stopper, c. 1880-1910. Tiny square brown, transparent glass jar (A) has a glass stopper (B) with a flat square glass stopper. Belonged to Norris Cecil Cummings D.D.S.

    Record Type: Object

    Glass Medicine Jar with Stopper, c. 1880-1910
  8. Licorice Bark, c. 1970-1975 - Bark, Licorice

    Licorice Bark, c. 1970-1975. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. Two small sticks of licorice bark and a salmon-colored wrapping paper with pencil handwriting on surface.

    Record Type: Object

    Licorice Bark, c. 1900
  9. Pill Roller, c. 1900 - Roller, Pill

    Pill Roller, c. 1900. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. Made out of brow-colored wood with grooved corrugated metal parts, nails and plates, it is comprised of two parts, the top and the base. The top is shaped like a flat cooking rolling pin with a center that is shaped like a slim parallelepiped and has a grooved corrugated metal plate attached to it with nails, it also has two vertical metal plates on each side of the grooves with two me...

    Record Type: Object

    Pill Roller
  10. Pill Roller, c. 1900 - Roller, Pill

    Pill Roller, c. 1900. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. Made out of brow-colored wood with grooved corrugated metal parts, nails and plates, it is comprised of two parts, the top and the base. The top is shaped like a flat cooking rolling pin with a center that is shaped like a slim parallelepiped and has a grooved corrugated metal plate attached to it with nails, it also has two vertical metal plates on each side of the grooves with two me...

    Record Type: Object

    Pill Roller
  11. Reborcin Apothecary Jar, c. 1884-1899 - Jar, Apothecary

    Reborcin Apothecary Jar, c. 1884-1899. Brown, round, transparent glass jar (A) is wider at the base than at rim which has a .375" etched neck onto which a similarly shaped matching glass lid (B) rests. Both side of jar and top of lid are etched with scripted text that reads, "Rebrocin." Jar is empty of contents.

    Record Type: Object

    Reborcin Apothecary Jar, c. 1884-1899
  12. Slippery Elm, c. 1970-1975 - Elm, Slippery

    Slippery Elm, c. 1900. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. One rectangular piece of slippery elm bark and a salmon-colored wrapping paper with pencil handwriting on surface.

    Record Type: Object

    Slippery Elm, c. 1900
  13. Untitled [Photograph of Joseph F. Bottini], November 4, 1968 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Photograph of Joseph F. Bottini], November 4, 1968. Black and white photograph of Joseph F. Bottini standing next to E. Ronald Shewfelt who is smiling and wearing glasses. Both gentlemen are wearing a suit, a tie and a white collared shirt. Mr. Bottini is receiving a plaque from Mr. Shewfelt that reads "...C PH. A. PHARMACIST OF THE [MONTH] APRIL HAROLD R. OWENS". A small framed painting of a man behind a table with a skull on i...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Photograph of Joseph F. Bottini], November 4, 1968

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