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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2015.43.03 |
Object Name |
Bottle, medicine |
Date |
c.1910 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1920 |
Features |
Small, shouldered bottle with graduation marks in CC's and drams. Front of bottle has a label from Hooper's Drug Store in Napanee, rear has a square sticker, blank. Base of bottle has a mark resembling the letter "P" followed by a diamond with a circle or letter "O" in the middle. Bottom of bottle has a crystalline encrustation, likely of boracic acid, which is the compound originally in the bottle, according to the label. |
Object Story |
Hooper's Drug Store, 1904-late 1930's, formerly the corner of Dundas and Centre Streets. Frederick L. Hooper born in Newburgh in 1872. In 1902, Frederick and his brother Samuel leased Lot 10, the south-east corner of Centre and Dundas streets, from William Detlor for $400 per year. Frederick married Maude Garrison April 2nd, 1904 in Bowmanville In 1911 William Detlor sells Lot 10 to Frederick for $10,000. A mortgage is extended in 1920 to Frederick and Maude for the west part of the block. By 1938, Hooper is no longer listed as a Druggist in the "Napanee Business Directory". In 1946, the property was sold for $11,000 to William T. MacKenzie. |
People |
Hooper, Mr. Fred L. Hooper, Mrs. Fred (Maud Garrison) Hooper, Samuel Detlor, William Mackenzie, William T. |
Subjects |
Drugstores |
Search Terms |
Napanee, Dundas Street Napanee, Centre Street at Dundas |