Bottle, Liquor : 91.42.002

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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