Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Collection |
Lambton Heritage Museum Collection |
Accession number |
LHM 2024.038 |
Catalog Number |
LHM 2024.038.001 |
Description |
Small, clear glass bottle advertising a local business. The glass is tall and rectangular in shape with rounded corners, a short neck and a narrow opening at the top with a cork stopper. On the front of the bottle, there is a paper label that reads "McRobie. Chemist & Optician. Petrolia, Ont." written using blue lettering. On the opposite side of the bottle, there are embossed numbers measuring the contents, located on the left and right hand side. |
Provenance |
John McRobie (1872 - 1949) opened a pharmacy store in Petrolia, Ontario in the early 1890s. The 1891 Census Record cornfirms this, listing him as a "druggist" at the age of 19. On September 22nd, 1898 he married Florence "Flora" Shuttleworth (1874 - 1964). They would eventually have three children: John (1899), Marion (1901) and Edward "Ned" (1912). By 1925, he applied to practice Optometry and was approved on April 14th, 1925. He worked at the store up until 1934. |
Dimensions |
H-9.5 W-3.5 cm |
Inscription Type |
Inscription |
Inscription Technique |
Pencil |
Inscription Location |
Front of Bottle |
Inscription Text |
McRobie Chemist & Optician Petrolia, Ont. |
Search Terms |
Petrolea Petrolia Pharmacist Pharmacy Druggist Optometry Optimists |
People |
McRobie, John |