Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
91.42.002
Accession#:
91.42
Credit Line:
Donated by Cecilia Kunz.
Object Name:
Bottle, Liquor
Title:
Liquor Bottle
Date:
1935
Year Range from:
1930
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
One—gallon, pale green glass bottle 14 inches tall with woven wicker (rattan) covering bottle and creating handle from neck to side. Bottle exposed in rectangle on front shoulder to show embossed message. Words written in brown on front of wicker are obscured.
Inscription: "FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE" on front
"R174 / 64—7" with trademark on bottom
Notes:
Bottle has been in donor's family since before prohibition. (N.B: Federal Law inscription on bottle dates from the period after prohibition, 1932—1964, so it is not possible this bottle had been in the family since before prohibition. Per Ellen Carrlee)
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