Medicine Bottle
Dublin Core
Title
Medicine Bottle
Alternative Title
Medicine Bottle
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Medicine--Florida
Pharmacies
Description
A bottle for storing medicine used by pharmacists in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many glass bottles were manufactured and embossed with information, such as the store address, name of the doctor or prescription, etc. The bottles were not restricted by any of the properties of the medicine, and thousands of glass bottles were produced. Pharmacies like Enzor's Pharmacy sold medicine in bottles like these from their opening through the Great Depression and into the modern era until plastic bottles came into production. Also known as Enzor's Drug Store and Restaurant, Enzor's was located on the block as the original Orlando City Hall in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Enzor's opened in the old Avalon Hotel in 1925 and then reopened when the old building was razed and replaced in 1956. The pharmacy was named after William Enzor, who owned the business in the 1940s. In 1983, the business was bought by James J. Rowlison and became Rowlinson's Restaurant.
Source
Original medicine bottles: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1925-1939
Is Format Of
Original color digital image, 2016.
Is Part Of
Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Orlando City Hall Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
331 KB
Medium
1 medicine bottle
Language
eng
Type
Physical Object
Coverage
Enzor's Pharmacy, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Orlando Remembered
Curator
Bernstein, Jason
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Lindsey, B. "Bottle Typing/Diagnostic Shapes, Medicinal/Chemical/Druggist Bottles." Society of Historical Archaeology, Inc. February 3, 2016. Accessed February 11, 2016. https://www.sha.org/bottle/medicinal.htm.
Kunerth, Jeff. "James J. Rowlinson: Enzor's diner was his kind of place." The Orlando Sentinel, April 24, 2011. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-04-24/news/os-james-rowlinson-obituary-20110424_1_diner-jim-rowlinson-rowlinson-s-restaurant.
Collection
Citation
“Medicine Bottle,” RICHES, accessed April 23, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7873.