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Title |
Bottle Recovered from City Centre Plaza c. 1822-1920. |
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Description |
Bottle Recovered from City Centre Plaza c. 1822-1920. Bottle is rectangular in shape made from cobalt blue glass. The rim has prescription finish which is narrow (vertically) and the outside surface distinctly tapers in from the top surface of the finish to bottom with four flattened body side edges. The front side of bottle is embossed vertically "WAKELEE'S / CAMELLINE". The base is shaped like rectangular with a concave circle. The bottle shows evidence of hand-blown manufacture. |
Date |
c. 1822- 1920 |
Creator |
Wakelee & Co., San Francisco |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
1999.048.401 |
Dimensions |
H-4.875 W-1.375 L-2.25 D-1.375 inches |
Collection |
3D - Medical & Psychological Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"WAKELEE'S / CAMELLINE" (embossed vertically on the front side of bottle) |
Provenance |
20 boxes of archaeological material excavated from the City Centre Plaza site at 950 Main at Middlefield in Redwood City. Excavation for development, done by Basin Research Associates. |
Notes |
"Rectangular in cross-section mouth-blown druggist/prescription bottles were another common shape used by druggists between the late 1870s and 1920s, with and without proprietary embossing although embossed lettering was common. Machine-made rectangular druggist bottles were also commonly used from the mid to late 1910s and later though machine-made examples virtually never have proprietary embossing, i.e., they are labeled only. It also appears that as the 20th century progressed, bottles with at least one rounded side seem to have become more popular than these flat sided styles." [https://sha.org/bottle/medicinal.htm#Rectangular Druggists08/16/2016] "It was in Buffalo, New York, 1822, that Henry Peck Wakelee first established himself as a druggist. Thirty-five years later, he moved his business to San Francisco, California. Within ten years Wakelee was one of the largest wholesale druggists on the West Coast. Wakelee's Camelline claimed to "impart a healthful, natural complexion". This bottle is made from cobalt blue glass and embossed with "WAKELEE'S/CAMELLINE"." [https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23346 08/16/2016 ] |
Search Terms |
Apothecary Archaeolgy City Center Plaza Medicine Redwood City |
Subjects |
Archaeology Bottles Drugstores Medicine Redwood City |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the City of Redwood City |