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Medicine Bottle

c. 1923
Subcollections
Business
Overview

A small squat clear bottle with a black plastic screw top. The bottle has a white label with two horizontal lines at the top of the label and dark blue lettering below the lines.

Historical information

According to an article in the Great Southern Herald, F. Fremantle was operating as a chemist in April 1923.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-202-HS2026.223
Item type
Bottles
Medicines
Material
Glass
Paper
Plastic
Width
4.5000 cm
Height or length
8 cm
Depth
2.5000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

Above the two lines handwritten in blue is "The tablets 235685. One tablet to be taken twice a day. ? P.D.Shaw"

Below the two lines on the white label in dark blue lettering is "F.Freemantle & Son', underneath is "Ms.P.S., Ph. Cha", underneath in italic lettering is "Dispensing & Pharmaceutical Chemists" and underneath is "PHONE 60 CLIVE ST., KATANNING".

Year
c. 1923
Links to additional resources
The Great Southern Herald Wed 18 Apr 1923 [trove.nla.gov.au]

Advertising article for F. Freemantle, Chemist in Clive Street, Katanning.

Last modified
Tuesday, 11 August, 2026
Completeness
94
Rights category
Date of creation +70 years
Katanning Historical Society

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Medicine Bottle
Medicine Bottle

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