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Bottle

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Material
GLASS
Description
A small brown, glass iodine bottle. The bottle is in a square shape, with a hard rubber lid that has a long rounded piece of glass attached to the inside of the lid. On the one side of the bottle it has a skull head and bones in an 'X' shape. Underneath the skull it reads 'POISON LIQ. IODINE'. O…
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Title
Liquid Iodine
Category
DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS
Sub-Category
CONTAINER
Description
A small brown, glass iodine bottle. The bottle is in a square shape, with a hard rubber lid that has a long rounded piece of glass attached to the inside of the lid. On the one side of the bottle it has a skull head and bones in an 'X' shape. Underneath the skull it reads 'POISON LIQ. IODINE'. On the bottom of it has four symbols.
Narrative
The medicine bottles so eagerly collected today are the results of the all-time great American hoax-the patent medicine fraud.
Material
GLASS
Height
8.5
Width
2.5
Units Of Measurement
Centimeters
Accession No.
1982.27.11
Type of Record
Museum Artifact

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