RIBottleguy
Well-Known Member
I've been doing a lot of research on RI companies lately. One I figured that would be very easy has proven to be one of the hardest! The most common non-Providence medicine style bottle from RI is embossed: Geo. B. Harris/ Established 1860/ Centreville, RI.
I have about five of these, including one with a label for Extract of Wintergreen. However, a Google search turns up next to nothing! I was quite surprised, because searches for even the more obscure pharmacists usually have results. It's apparent he wasn't a pharmacist, so perhaps he was a grocer or manufacturer of flavoring extracts. He's in the 1887 RI Business Directory, but it's not available online.
If anyone has access to sites like Fold3.com (a huge resource on newspapers and such), I wold be indebted to any information on this mystery person!
I have about five of these, including one with a label for Extract of Wintergreen. However, a Google search turns up next to nothing! I was quite surprised, because searches for even the more obscure pharmacists usually have results. It's apparent he wasn't a pharmacist, so perhaps he was a grocer or manufacturer of flavoring extracts. He's in the 1887 RI Business Directory, but it's not available online.
If anyone has access to sites like Fold3.com (a huge resource on newspapers and such), I wold be indebted to any information on this mystery person!