Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.26.011
Accession#:
2006.26
Credit Line:
Donated by LInda Wahto.
Object Name:
Bottle
Title:
Purex Amber colored bottle
Description:
Amber colored glass bottle with "PUREX" molded into the glass at the top and on the bottom. Threaded collar. According to the purex.com website, purex was and has been a laundry detergent and bleach.
Notes:
Collection donated by Linda Wahto, brought in by donor's daughter Myiia Whistler. According to Whistler, Wahto and Willette Janes would hunt bottles together. Bottles found in Treadwell/Douglas area. Some are from Myiia's grandfather's house/cabin on the Treadwell Ditch. He grew up there — they tossed garbage into the ditch. Mom/Grandma and Janes would bottle hunt up at the cabin site.
People:
Wahto, Linda
Janes, Willette
Whistler, Myiia
Janes, Willette
Whistler, Myiia
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