Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle/Liquor
Object name
Bottle/Liquor
Date
1920-1930
Medium
Glass, paper
Dimensions
8 3/4 x 4 x 1 3/4 in.
Description
This clear bottle has machine finished screw top and is still in its original green and yellow box. The Box is marked "Old Taylor/ Spiritus Frumenti/ Aged in Wood/ Affix RX Label Thru Opening/ For Medicinal Use Only/ Unexcelled for Medical Use." On the reverse "Bottled in Bond/ 100 Proof/ Full Pint/ Straight/ Kentucky Whiskey/ of Topmost Class." The bottle is embossed "Taylor 1st and only". A prohibition era liquor bottle meant to be sold legally as medicine. See also 2002.1.313
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.312
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
