New local Rx's

[cyberdigger]

Thanks Lobe, and thanks for thinking of me out there..! I forgot this one, a pretty one but with a lip chip, unfortunately.. John B Foster, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Roseville & Seventh Ave, Newark, NJ

 

[RedGinger]

Nice. I like the one that says Apothecary with the slug plate? I should know that lol a little embarassing. Cool. I only see one so far, in aqua. Were local drug bottles usually clear? Why might that be?

 

[cyberdigger]

Good question, Laur! I know for sure that amber, emerald, and cobalt ones were made, but I'm sure those would not have been left in the pile for me to pick through! Clear was probably the most common by the 1890's, which most of these date to..

 

[blobbottlebob]

Thanks for sharing Chuck! I like the Apothecary too.

 

[appliedlips]

It looks like a sewing machine oil bottle to me.. The crude aqua one is nice.

ORIGINAL: cyberdigger

O W Young Newark NJ ....not sure if this is a druggist or something else..

 

[Lordbud]

The three bottles pictured with neck rings and indented panels are extract bottles from the local druggists.

 

[cyberdigger]

Thanks for the feedback and info, folks!!
It's true, Doug, the O W Young bottle closely resembles a "Sperm Sewing Machine Oil" bottle which came with the lot..

 

[marjorie040]

Hello cyberdigger,
Love those bottles!!
I found L.O. Grenelle in the Federal Census for 1900- 1930 in Asbury Park, NJ
In 1900 he lived at 610 Bangs Avenue and was listed as a "druggist". By 1910 he lived at 709 6th avenue and was "propriotor" of a drug store. By 1930 he had retired at age 72 but listed his home value at $30,000!! I'd say he sold alot of those bottles!! By the born in 1859, by the way, in New York.
Charles A Bye of Spring Lake was also born in 1859 but in Pa. He is listed in the Lakewood, NJ census from 1900 to 1920 as a druggist. In 1930 his address was Spring Lake, NJ....313 Sussex Avenue. He had a son, Charles Bye, Jr. at that time who was a salesman in the pharmacy in 1930.

Regards,

 

[cyberdigger]

Marjorie, thank you very very much for the in-depth research!! I don't know how you do it, but your results are always so revealing!! I will admit I wanted to see more 1800's there, but I suppose that's part of the "TOC curve" which will eventually be called "Pre-WW1"