The Academy has a collection of old medicine bottles. However, over the years several non-medical bottles have snuck in, and I’ve been trying to get rid of them. I managed to sell some to our members through an auction at our annual meeting. I’ve posted on a few bottle collectors’ forums, but have not received any indications of interest. Before I turn to eBay, I have to ask: does anyone out there know an institution that collects bottles?

 

There is nothing particularly valuable in the set. It includes:

 

n       a souvenir bottle from Billy Graham’s 1970 Crusade for Christ

n       a Congress Mineral Water bottle, ca. 1885

n       two Log Cabin syrup bottles with bicentennial designs, part of a series of five produced in 1976

n       a 1976 bicentennial bottle with images of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall embossed on it

n       two bottles from the fiftieth anniversary of the Salem County Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, 1969 (one embossed with the name of Eugene R. Taylor)

n       a bottle produced to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Maul Brothers, Inc. (1972)

n       a Helene Curtis perfume bottle

n       two bottles devoid of markings

 

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Christopher Shea

Staff archivist, Delaware Academy of Medicine

1925 Lovering Avenue

Wilmington, DE 19806