Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.18.001
Accession#:
2007.18
Credit Line:
Donated by Kasey Watts.
Object Name:
Bottle
Title:
Glass Urine Bottle
Year Range from:
1885
Year Range to:
1919
Description:
Glass bottle, open at the top, marked on the front with raised lettering "URINE SPECIMEN BOTTLE." Marked on the back with raised lettering are two graduated scales on the proper right is a scale in ounces that goes from 1 to 7. On the proper left is a scale in cubic centimeters (cc) that goes from thirty (30) to 210. Top rim of the bottle has a spount that is designed for pouring. On the bottom, printed in raised lettering is written:"GLASCO 4 MADE IN U.S.A."
Notes:
Donor note indicates that the object was found by the "old Treadwell" hospital while digging for bottles by his great—grandmother, Doris Balog Wahto. Doris lived in Douglas her whole life, from 1927 until she died in 1999.
People:
Wahto, Doris
Search Terms:
Mining
Treadwell
Health Care
Hospital
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