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Reno Nevada Druggist Bottles NV - Reno,Washoe County - 1891-1910 - 2012aug - Nevada Bottles

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Reno Nevada Druggist Bottles NV - Reno,Washoe County - 1891-1910 - 2012aug - Nevada Bottles
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Lot of 9 bottles from "The Biggest Little City in the World." None have chips or cracks. Three have slugs written in script: MCCULLOUGH'S PHARMACY RENO, NEVADA: 1) 8.5" oval clear piece. There are two small bubbles on the back; 2) 7.5" oval clear with iridescence. Bottom monogram reads, A. M. F. & CO. 512. One small bubble on back; 3) 5" oval, one bubble on back. The following five are all square clear pieces and have block letter slugs that read, J. B. MCCULLOUGH DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY RENO, NEVADA.: 1) 6.5" with iridescent "sick" swirl pattern; 2) 6", large bubble on front, three small bubbles on back; 3) 5.25", four bubbles, one on each side, flaw inside lip; 4) 4.75"; 5) 4.25", one large bubble on back near top. The last bottle is 3.5" square clear, with a block letter slug that reads, J. B. MCCULLOUGH DRUGGIST RENO, NEVADA. Jim McCullough was a Civil War veteran who lived in Virginia City and worked for several Comstock mills before moving to Reno where he joined the drug store trade. He started a drug store that remained in business until modern times, when major department and super stores wiped out most of the small related businesses. - Jacobitz Collection -59593