Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.26.030
Accession#:
2006.26
Credit Line:
Donated by LInda Wahto.
Object Name:
Bottle
Title:
Small glass "Ambrosia" bottle with black lid
Description:
Small flat backed glass jar with black lid. "Ambrosia" molded into the bottom. Has a threaded collar. Black lid is attached. Possibly used as a perfume bottle or held something for a company called "Ambrosia"? bottle has rounded front with a flat back. Possibly used in display cases?
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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