PH. G. bottle?

PlaneDiggerCam · Oct 22, 2017

Here is a bottle I found while digging. It says Garrett Byrnes PH.G. and has W.T. Co./D/USA (Whitall Tatum Co.). I was wondering if this is a druggist or local doctor's bottle. I also was wondering if PH. G. stands for graduate in pharmacy. If anyone knows any information please help.

-PlaneDiggerCam

nhpharm · Oct 23, 2017

That is correct. Also, Garrett Byrnes was a pharmacist in East Orange, New Jersey (1899) and later in Maplewood, New Jersey. He graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy in 1898.
https://books.google.com/books?id=N...=Garrett Byrnes pharmacist new jersey&f=false

botlguy · Oct 23, 2017

Well presented inquiry and response. Good stuff guys.
Jim S

PlaneDiggerCam · Oct 23, 2017

Thanks nhpharm! I was also wondering why there is no town on this bottle?

nhpharm · Oct 23, 2017

Some pharmacists didn't put a town...you probably had to pay for the slug plate by the letter, so maybe they were keeping costs down. Or maybe they wanted flexibility to move to a different town and use the same mold/bottles.

There is a bottle from a pharmacist in Galveston, Texas that is embossed Bowling Green, KY. When I researched him, I found that he apparently lived in Bowling Green but appears to have not opened a pharmacy until he moved to Galveston. He must have already ordered the bottles before the move and just used them...there are no known bottles from his pharmacy embossed Galveston, so I think after he used up his Bowling Green bottles, he just started using slicks.

CreekWalker · Oct 23, 2017

Interesting story! Thanks for the spot on reply!

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